Vb.net – Crystal Reports 8 for Visual Studio 2013

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Is there any way we can run the Crystal Reports 8 on Visual Studio 2013.
I have a Vb.Net Project which was built using VS2008 + Crystal Reports 8.

Now I am running Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition. but the project is not opening is because of Crystal Report References. I know there won't be any! for that ancient Crystal Report version but trying for a luck? Is it possible?

Best Answer

To integrate Crystal Reports development int Visual Studio 2013 you must use "SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio".

It does NOT support Express Editions of any version of Visual Studio .NET.

You can get it here (choose Install Executable - Support Pack 12)

Single .rpt files can be edited with new Crystal Reports.

If your project was created with older Crystal Report version, you can update assembly version into your configuration file.

 <assemblies>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
        <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
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