First I'm sorry for my bad english it's not my native language.
I'm new to my entreprise and I have to re-code a C# application. This application is in relation with CrystalReport and uses many references called "CrystalDecisions.blabla".
My problem is: by default the project opens with Microsoft Visual C# 2008 but the references to CrystalDecisions are missing. The guy that first developped the app was working on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 but the one installed on my computer doesn't support C#, only sql server.
What am i supposed to do? Is there some libs i can download to use on Visual C# 2008? Do I have to reinstall Visual Studio 2005 to have C# supported?
Thanks in advance :)
Edit: I actually had a file called "CRRedist2005_x86.msi" which I never noticed. After installing those redist the references worked. Thank you guys for your fast answers.
I wouldn't download a new binaries for VS 2008, as considering that previous version was on VS 2005, means that it compiles against .NET 2.0, so for supporting original CrystlReport binaries its enough for you to set target framework of your project to version 2.0
It's (I think) almost impossible that you install VS 2008 and don't have a support for C#. I suppose you're talking about ExpressEditions which are free of charge. Can have a look here for downloading C# for 2008. If you wan that. I would suggest, at this point download immidiately the Visual C# 2010 Express.
Hope this helps.
The Crystal Reports references are linking to files Visual Studio can't find. Copy tese DLL files to your computer en relink the references.
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I am working on a project on Visual Studio 2008, using .Net Framework 3.5, and I have to embed a Xilium.CefGlue browser (or possibly Chromium, but not WebKit nor IE), but the only Xilium.CefGlue download I have found was a source code created with Visual Studio 2012 which does not compile in 2008 (mainly because 2008 is missing a large number of DLLs, like System.xaml, GTK, etc.). Is there an older version which is compatible with Visual Studio 2008, or a DLL which I can include in my project?
Thank you in advance.
I have found a way to do it, using the source code.
First, open one of the projects (not the solution) with Visual Studio.
Then, change each of the project's settings to use .Net framework 3.5, and build them one by one, EXCEPT for the GTK one (which I didn't need anyway).
Finally, grab the generated DLLs and use them in your project.
I have Visual Studio 2008 Business Intelligence version that was installed along with Reporting Services for SQL Server 2008 R2. I want to work with C#, but there are no options to create a C# project. I haven't been able to find any way to install a C# package or something.
Is there a way to add on C# functions, are they already built in but hidden, or should I just download a full version?
Thanks
UPDATE:
So I finally managed to find a download of Visual Studio 2008 Express, and installed the C# version. After installing I launched visual studio and it was the same thing, only the sql server projects came up as templates.
I found a forum that said to go into import and export settings and to reset my settings to general development settings, but I still cannot make a c# project.
UPDATE2:
I'm going to try installing VS 2012 Express to see if that works for me, since its the only download microsoft has that you can easily find now.
UPDATE3:
VS 2012 Express has been working just fine for me, and I still don't have the project templates in VS 2008 though.
You'll need to install one of the stand-alone editions of Visual Studio. Business Intelligence Studio, bundled with SQL Server, doesn't allow you to work with C# or other language projects.
SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Development Studio ("BIDS") is just an add-on over standard Visual Studio (VS 2008 in this case).
If you hadn't had Visual Studio installed before deploying BIDS, the most basic VS shell was installed along BIDS that does not allow you to work with projects other than the SQL Server BI family.
For you to work with .Net projects, despite being able to edit basic C# files already, you will need to reinstall any version of regular Visual Studio 2008 (e.g. licensed, express). This won't break your BIDS.
Can other version of Microsoft Visual Studio be opened with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 C#?
Projects created with previous versions can, and will invoke a project conversion wizard. Projects created with later versions cannot, generally. I found a downgrade utility on, of all places, Mises.org. I didn't write it, and haven't even tried it, so your mileage may vary.
You can open projects created with older releases of Visual Studio 2005, like 2002. A migration assistent will help you to update the project files.
If you're asking if you can run, say, an instance of Visual Studio 2008 next to 2005, then yes. I've done it many times. When you double-click on a .sln file, what actually runs is a little stub program that examines the .sln and decides which is the best version of Visual Studio to launch it in.
If you're asking whether you can open a solution created in VS 2005 in another version of VS, then the only restriction is that it has to be more recent than VS 2005. EG: you can't open a Visual Studio 2008 solution in VS 2005.
Sometimes you can change the version of the solution file manualy. Open it in text editor and manually change the line "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00" to earlier. Sometimes can help :).
I am trying to find a way to develop my own Add-in in C# for Visual Studio 2005 at home, but I don't have the template that comes in the full version of the VS2005.
If I get the template, can I compile it on the Express edition?
Does anyone have it? Where can I find it?
I can't comment specifically on the Add-in Project template, but I know that the Express version of Visual Studio doesn't have the template for Windows Services, but also doesn't have the required libraries (System.ServiceProcess) to be able to compile a Windows Service project.
A trial of VS 2005 might be hard to come by these days, but have you tried downloading a trial of VS 2010 and, if you need to, targeting the .NET 2.0 framework?
i remember that previous versions of visual studio contained a converter, that automatically attempt to convert java projects to the corresponding c# code.
however in visual studio 2010 beta 2 i cant find this anymore?
has it been removed?
thanks!
The Java Language Conversion Assistant has been removed from Visual Studio 2008 and future versions. You have few options:
Install VS 2003/2005 and run the assistant
Purchase a commercial solution
Do the conversion by hand
Use ikvmc to compile jar files into managed .NET assemblies (personally I've done this with success)
I think that was visual studio 2005 , as far as i know it doesn't exist on 2008 or 2010