No CR menu Item

[brews]

Whenever I try to add a Crystal Report to a project, I first add the form then the viewer. Next click on the CR tasks arrow and then create new CR. At that stage a 'Crystal Reports' item should appear on the menu bar. But it does not. If I open the faux report, I cannot start debugging the project and nothing appears on the .rpt.

However, if a report is created in CR2008 and then added, the report shows up when the project is run. But no editing is possible in vs2008 since there is no menu item for CR.

All CR references for CR v12 are listed under references in the properties section of the project.

Any ideas on how to return the errant 'Crystal Reports' to the menu bar would be great. Thanks.

 

[brews]

My solution was installation sequence. After many hours of messing around with uninstalling, installing and researching the my problem, I found this comment

http://weblogs.asp.net/guybarrette/...l-the-real-crystal-reports-2008-stand-up.aspx

under 'George said'. He gives five scenarios from which it occurred to me that installation sequence should be considered.

After a final uninstalling of both VS2008 and CR 2008 and creating a new restore point, CR 2008 was installed and then VS2008. Voila! All is OK in Oz. Even the day after. Something akin to the past three days' religious events.

Another problem has arisen in that one project shows v10 for CR and the other v12. Haven't figured how to cure, yet.

It is incomprehensible to me that with all of the conversation concerning the difficulties and idiosyncrasies with Crystal Reports with installation and deployment, among others, that SAP continues to maintain a cavalier attitude for customer support. If it exists they have it well hidden on their site.

Therefore, the more programmers discover solutions to using reporting programs of all kinds, it is important to post those solutions so the rest of us can benefit.