Visual Studio Report Designer 2005 Q1

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Report Designer - Web

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answered on 22 Apr 2025, 03:13 PM

Hi Alison,

The Visual Studio Report Designer is available only for .NET Framework projects I am afraid. You can still use already designed type reports in .NET applications but it won't be possible to open the designer in such a project.

Please have a look at this response - https://www.telerik.com/forums/visual-studio-report-wizard-wont-run#5960379, where I have explained this in more detail and have shared what options you have in this scenario.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
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Alison

commented on 23 Apr 2025, 11:54 AM

Thank you for the verification. That is what I was getting.

So what is the best method to go about creating a Report Library Project. We need it to be .net 4.81 and .net 8.

How would be create the CS files? Or is everyone just embedding the TRDP files in their projects?

We have a mixed Solution with both .net 4.8.1 web app and Class Libraries which are .net 4.8 and .net 8 and looking for the best approach to handle this.

Dimitar

commented on 28 Apr 2025, 07:10 AM

Indeed, most of the Telerik Reporting users who target .NET have migrated their CS reports into TRDP/TRDX so that they can use the Standalone/Web Report Designers - Report Designer Tools at a Glance - Telerik Reporting.

This is also the approach that I would recommend to you - try converting your CS reports into TRDP/TRDX by following the instructions from the How to Convert CSharp Report Files to TRDP Format in Telerik Reporting - Telerik Reporting article.

If you instead wish to continue using CS reports, and you intend to keep using the Visual Studio Report Designer, the only option would be to keep 2 separate class libraries with the reports - .NET Framework and .NET class libraries. The former you will use to design your reports since the Visual Studio Report Designer will be openable there while the latter will have the reports from the former linked in it and will be used only for building a .NET assembly with the reports that you can reference in your project so that you can load the report types.

For full details on how to achieve this, you may take a look at the Use VS Report Designer to edit CS Reports in .NET. - Telerik Reporting.