Visual Studio .NET and Crystal Reports

[rjoubert]

I have VS.NET 2005, which comes with Crystal Reports 10 integrated into the dev environment. I installed a 30 day trial of Crystal Reports XI Developer. I then uninstalled CR XI, and now I cannot modify the reports that I had created in the earlier (embedded) version of Crystal Reports. I have corrected the references to the Crystal Reports objects in my .NET project (they automatically updated to 11.5.x.x when I installed CR XI, but didn't change back to 10.x.x.x when I uninstalled it.

I'm thinking I need to reinstall VS.NET 2005 to get my reports working again, but I hope that's not the case. Is there any way I can return my development environment (specifically Crystal Reports) back to a happy state without totally reinstalling VS.NET?

 

[pmbtech]

I just had an issue with my VS2005 IDE not showing my Property window and I got this as a possible solution from a kind soul, and it worked like a charm.

You can also 'try Tools -> Import and Export Settings...' then 'Reset all settings' to put it back to it's default.

It may work for the crystal problem since it restores all the settings to thier original state??

 

[rjoubert]

That's a good thing to know, but unfortunately, it didn't help with my situation. Thanks anyways.

 

[cjlarue]

Unfortunately the report version upgrade is a one way process and they cannot be converted back to a previous version. You will need to revert to your backup copy of the reports in the old version (if you made one).