I am running VS professional 2015 on my Windows 10 professional, and I needed to install the Crystal Reports runtime on my computer so I can build projects with CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine and CrystalDecisions.Shared, version 13.0.2000.0.
I also currently have Crystal Reports 2008, version 12.0.0.683 installed on my computer to create reports outside VS 2015.
On our company server, there was a .msi file and a .exe file. Like an idiot, I ran the .msi file without knowing:
To integrate "SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio" into VS 2010 or 2012 (SP 7 and higher) or VS 2013 (SP 9 or higher) or VS 2015 RC (SP14) - VS 2015 (fully - SP 15), you must run the Install Executable. Running the MSI will not fully integrate Crystal Reports into VS. MSI files by definition are for runtime distribution only.
So after running the .msi file and realizing my mistake, I ran the "Uninstall" option from the .msi file and checked my GAC. The CrystalDecisions has been uninstalled from my "GAC_32" and "GAC_64" folders. However, the strange part is that in my "GAC_MSIL" folder, it has the CrystalDecisions version 12.0.2000.0.
GAC_MSIL folder - but no CrystalDecisions folders in GAC_32 or GAC_64
I checked my Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features and nowhere can I find "SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework (64-bit)" and "SAP Crystal Reports, version for Microsoft Visual Studio", so I figured the uninstall was successful.
When I try to run the .exe file this time, I get an error saying that it cannot run the installation due to the following error:
SAP Crystal Reports runtime installation error window
So I checked EventViewer -> Windows Logs -> Application, and the error log said it was an error at installation 1603 and "Product: SAP Crystal Reports, version for Microsoft Visual Studio -- You must already have Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 2012 installed to proceed with this installation."
I talked with my boss and he said he doubts I need VS 2012 and it does not make sense to have both VS 2012 and 2015 on my computer. Unfortunately, I cannot build projects using CrystalDecisions v.13 like our production server, and building the project using the CrystalDecisions v.12 on my computer will cause the project to fail if I release it to production.
I checked other questions on StackOverflow, and I saw some solutions:
Install VS 2012 - not an option unless a last resort; we have VS 2015 only - unless if installing a "community" version of VS 2012 would do the trick.
Do a system restore - one person suggested because I ran the .msi file instead of the .exe, it messed up my assembly, so doing a system restore before I ran the .msi file could fix it and allow me to install CR runtime correctly, but again, my boss says he wouldn't recommend it
Try running the CR runtime setup from the SAP website with a newer version other than v.13 for my x64 bit machine that will integrate with VS 2015 without needing VS 2012 - then the newer version of my CR runtime when I build my projects will be different from the CR runtime on the production server and there will be conflicts when I release my project on the production server.
Alter/delete my assembly files because running the .msi file screwed up my assembly cache - Really risky; I don't know the first thing about assembly files and I could mess up my computer. And would deleting manually the "CrystalDecisions" folders from my "GAC_MSIL" folder even work if the GAC_32 and GAC_64 folders do not have "CrystalDecisions"?
None of these solutions are preferable, so does anyone have any other solutions I cannot see that work?
Thank you for your patience. I could just bash my head against the desk because I ran the .msi file instead of reading the directions carefully. I feel like an idiot...
To all those who are wondering, my boss and I fixed the issue and it was incredibly simple!
It turns out that we needed some Visual Studio 2012 tools installed on the computer before running the executable. We needed to install those SDK libraries in Visual Studio 2015 before running the installation of the "CRforVS_13_0_6.exe" file.
So I went to "Control Panel" -> "Programs and Features" -> selected Visual Studio Professional 2015 and clicked the "Change" button to go to the following menu:
Installing new Visual Studio 2015 SDK Features
We checked the "Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools" and made sure "Tools and Windows SDKs" was checked.
After updating, I restarted my computer and tried to run the Crystal Reports v13 for Visual Studio .exe again.
It worked!
So it looks like my boss's doubt was incorrect; you do need some VS 2012 components to run the CR v13 installation for Visual Studio!
Putting this here for future reference!
Related
I hope you all are well!
Visual Studio 2017 -
WIN-FORM -
C#
I added a Setup Project to my app.
I also selected as prerequisites SQL Server 2019 Express LocalDB:
The installer installs the app just fine but does not install the prerequisites SQL Server 2019 Express LocalDB. There are no popup error messages displayed or any in the Event Viewer.
If I download SqlLocalDB, I install it just fine and my app works. But I would like to have it install during the setup installation if it is needed (auto detect).
I tried on various computers and it also doesn't install SqlLocalDB.
I cannot find anything on the Internet that would explain why setup is not installing the prerequisites.
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Regards,
Setup projects are no more supported starting from VS 2019. So if it's a new project - you might want to try WiX toolset project. There you can add checking of prerequisites to be installed on the MSI level, or you can create your Bootstrapper bundle, which will contain installation for both SQL Server and your own app
The issue was that I was using the .MSI instead of the .EXE file to install the app. Using the .EXE did in indeed prompt the user to installSqlLocalDB.
Solution here:
I'm working with an old C# LightSwitch HTML project that connects to SharePoint and I need to make a few changes. Unfortunately not enough to justify migrating to another technology/platform, but anyways...
I fire up my Visual Studio 2015 and the project won't build. I've of course googled for and tried everything I can think of and long story short even if I create a new C# LightSwitch HTML project and try to build it, it fails. Here's the error I get:
An exception occurred when building the database for the application.
An error occurred during deployment plan generation. Deployment cannot continue.
Error SQL0: Required contributor with id 'Microsoft.LightSwitch.DataRetentionDeploymentPlanModifier.v5.0' could not be loaded.
Error SQL0: Required contributor with id 'Microsoft.LightSwitch.LocalDbLocationModifier.v5.0' could not be loaded. GraphicsApp C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.targets 160
If I go to line 160 (double-clicking on the error) I see this (Starting at line 160):
<BuildSchema Inputs="#(ServerMetadataFiles)"
ServerGeneratedMetadataFiles="#(ServerGeneratedMetadataFiles)"
Collation="$(DatabaseCollation)"
DatabaseProject="#(_DatabaseProject)"
ProjectPath="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
OutputDirectory="Bin\Data"
SqlExpressInstanceName="$(SqlExpressInstanceName)"
ExternalDataSources="#(ServerExternalDataSources)"
Condition="'$(SkipBuildSchema)' == ''"/>
I've tried searching everything I can think of but I'm not finding anything that even sounds remotely the same except this link. But it's talking about V4 and only says that the solution was to:
"right clicking on the project in solution explorer... [and] upgrade
the project"
But that doesn't help me at all because I don't see any option to upgrade anything and again I have the same exact problem on the brand new project I create.
Do you know what version of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) you have installed?
The latest update 14.0.61707.300 breaks LightSwitch with that error.
You could try uninstalling SSDT and installing the previous version.
Had same issue...
SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2015 (SSDT)
SSDT version 17.4 (14.0.61712.050) https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=863440
breaks our SSRS,
as does SSDT version 17.3 (14.0.61709.290)
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=858660
Breaks our LightSwich.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/previous-releases-of-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt-and-ssdt-bi?view=sql-server-2017
By Trail and Error, found SSDT for VS2015 17.2 Works For both LightSwitch and SSRS
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=852922
For a Windows 10 machine, with previously installed Visual Studio 2017, the installation of Visual Studio 2015 and running the Lightswitch project, nothing worked, but this:
copy all the content from this location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\SQLDB\DAC\130\Extensions"
to
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\SQLDB\DAC\140\Extensions"
Found that solution on MSDN.
I just faced a similar situation here, but I could not find a version 13.x of SSDT and upgrading to the oldest version available in the Microsoft website didn't help.
The error was fixed when I decided to do some VS pending updates, on of them being the Office Developer Tools for VS, which was updated to
Try by installing microsoft office developer tools for visual studio 2015
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51683
After a Visual Studio 2017 (RC) installation from scratch, I can't find a standard list of templates. I'm specifically interested in the Console Application (C#) template and the Windows Form (C#) template. I'm pretty sure I'm missing one of the Individual Components. I'm not sure which one is supposed to be installed and I don't want to install all of them.
Please see my list with components installed.
You need to install it by launching the installer.
Click the "Workload" tab* in the upper-left, then check top right ".NET-Desktop Development" and hit install. Note it may modify your installation size (bottom-right), and you can install other Workloads, but you must install ".NET-Desktop Development" at least.
*as seen in comments below, users were not able to achieve the equivalent using the "Individual Components" tab.
If you have installed .NET desktop development and still you can't see the templates, then VS is probably getting the templates from your custom templates folder and not installed.
To fix that, copy the installed templates folder to custom.
This is your "installed" folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
14.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates
This is your "custom" folder
C:\Users[your username]\Documents\Visual
Studio\2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates
Typically this happens when you are at the office and you are running VS as an administrator and visual studio is confused how to merge both of them and if you notice they don't have the same folder structure and folder names.. One is CSHARP and the other C#....
I didn't have the same problem when I installed VS 2017 community edition at home though. This happened when I installed visual studio 2017 "enterprise" edition.
I found the path and wrote it in the options
My personal experience was that I had installed the Team Foundation Server client for 2017 first (was using it as a Proof of Concept for our QA team, while I was still using VS2015), then followed it up with Installing Visual Studio 2017 later to begin development.
What I ended up with on my Start Menu was a Visual Studio 2017 and a Visual Studio 2017 (2). The Visual Studio 2017 (2) had all the templates I was missing. Following the steps found in the First answer to this question (which were clear and easy to follow) did not fix my issue. I had thought that launching the client would upgrade to the Development Client, but it did not. I renamed it to Visual Studio Professional, and now have everything I need. Not sure if this happens to anyone else, but it was what happened to me, so I hope this helps someone.
NOTE: this topic is about installation issues with MS project templates.
I came here via a search in Google, I was looking for a missing Template option in Visual Studio 2017 File menu: in VS-2015, it was Export to Template and I used it to add my own standard Project Items.
Meanwhile, I found an answer.. my issue was not related to default templates and it does not need install things. The option Export to Template has been moved to the VS-2017 Project menu !
I had to reinstall .NET desktop development (throught Workload tab), even button was showing: Modify
After that Visual C# selection appeared :)
(And now i can use Console APP Template)
In my case, I had all of the required features, but I had installed the Team Explorer version (accidentally used the wrong installer) before installing Professional.
When running the Team Explorer version, only the Blank Solution option was available.
The Team Explorer EXE was located in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\TeamExplorer\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
Once I launched the correct EXE, Visual Studio started working as expected.
The Professional EXE was located in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
My C++ templates were there all along, it was my C# ones that were missing.
Similar to CSharpie, after trying many modify/re-installs, oddly the following finally worked for me :
- run the installer, but un-select 'Desktop development with C++'.
- allow installer to complete
- run the installer again, and select 'Desktop development with C++'.
- allow installer to complete
In my case, I had all of the required features, but I had installed the Team Explorer version (accidentally used the wrong installer) before installing Professional.
When running the Team Explorer version, only the Blank Solution option was available.
The Team Explorer EXE was located in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\TeamExplorer\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
Once I launched the correct EXE, Visual Studio started working as expected.
The Professional EXE was located in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
This solved my issue, and the reason was I had enterprise edition previously installed and then uninstalled and installed the professional edition. Team Explorer was not modified later when I moved to professional from enterprise edition.
I have a VS solution in order to build an installer for a Windows Service.
I have the Limited Edition of Installshield, so i can't install windows services. Thus, I use the "Class Installer" Tip in my InstallShield project.
This solution was working until I change of PC.
If I build my Installer on my new PC, with the same solution, same version of Visual Studio 2012 and same version of InstallShield : I have an error message "Error 1001" during installation of my setup.
If I try to install my Installer with InstallUtil.exe, I obtain a BadImageFormatException (both with Framework x86 or x64).
In the new exe of my Installer what doesn't work, the DLLs are the sames than on my older PC, but the MSI is not the same.
You have an architecture bitness mismatch somewhere in your calling sequence.
Heath has a good explanation here that still applies to later VS editions as far as i know.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2006/02/01/64-bit-managed-custom-actions-with-visual-studio.aspx
Also, if any of your code is AnyCpu then it will start out as 64-bit and be unable to link to any 32-bit Dlls, but your issue seems to be at the first call in the custom action.
If you can avoid VS installer classes then do so.
I am trying to make a setup for my program by using InstallShield 2013 LE and I am running it from within VS 2012. I have already downloaded and installed .NET 4.5 as one of the prerequisites under Specify Application Data -> Redistributables.
My application has reports that I made by installing CRforVS_redist_install_64bit_13_0_8 from the site http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824.
The reports and program run well. I know that I need to include the crystal reports runtime as part of my setup for deployment to other computers.
Under Specify Application Data -> Redistributables, I see Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008. How do I add the right runtime version that I need to my program?
Also for some reason, I am unable to download even the 2008 version shown.
InstallShield Limited edition lacks the prereq editor found in Professional and above. You can download an eval and throw it on a VM and use it there. Correct the PRQ file and copy it back to your ISLE machine along with needed content.
Here's a basic tutorial on how to author PRQs:
Using InstallShield 12 to Install .NET Framework 3.0