Blair Wheadon

June 21, 2010 Less than a 1 minute read

Update on the CR for VS 2010 Release

November 5: The production launch is imminent. See Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Launch Imminent for more details.

Updated November 3 2010 to be more specific about the production release.

Updated June 28 2010 to include the Beta 2 release.

Back in March when we first provided a schedule update, we expected the production release, along with runtimes to be available in late June.

Unfortunately we’ve encountered issues with the runtime size, and to address it properly we need to adjust the dates. ETA for the production release is now November 15 2010.

This was a hard decision for us, but the alternative was to release a runtime that was much too big to meet the market requirements. We know this is materially different from what was previously communicated and will force our customers and partners to adjust roadmaps and potentially their choice of reporting technologies. But it was clear if we continued on the path we were on, what we would ship would be poorly received due to unacceptably large runtime size.

The scope and features of the production release remain unchanged from what was previously communicated, described Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta Update.

UPDATE: We can now confirm a Beta 2 release for early August 2010. This release will be feature complete, and include both 32-bit AND 64-bit runtimes. However the runtimes will be affected by the runtime size issue.

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Former Member

June 21, 2010 at 11:06 am

Thank you for the update. Is there a 64 bit RunTime, bloated as it may be, that you could share with us. If not, is there someone that I could speak to on the phone to troubleshoot the issues that I am having when trying to set the application pool to 32 bit on my Windows Server 64 bit iis? I need to be able to demonstrate my new reports to the board members on Friday.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 9:33 am

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your post.

We understand the need / desire for a preview release of the 64-bit runtime for testing / validation purposes. We're currently looking at that possibility; Blair and I will be sure to keep the audience of this blog updated.

With regards to getting help to get your deployment to run on your 64-bit machine in the mean time, the following whitepaper provides guidance and troubleshooting tips to this process.

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10d5fa88-2013-2c10-c9a5-f11963607d4e?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true

Should you still have trouble with this after walking though this white paper, please post your issue in this forum SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio where our engineers can assist you directly. If you reply to this thread with the URL to your forum post entry, I can help ensure a prompt response.

Thanks,

Ken

Former Member

June 21, 2010 at 11:12 pm

Is it possible to release the 64 bit runtime alone for selective customers / consultants, who want it desperately for their deliverables?

I am one such Consultant, heavily depending on this particular component and my deliverables have taken a very bad hit.

Awaiting your response in this regard.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 22, 2010 at 1:51 pm

Yes, we understand the hit and are exploring the option of releasing a 2nd beta which will include the 32 and 64 bit runtimes. If we can indeed deliver this, we'll announce it along with timing on this blog within 2 weeks. Thanks, Blair.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 10:38 pm

Blair, thanks so much for considering that release. I will await your update on that. I sincerely hope there would be another beta release which addresses 64 Bit Runtime issue. I have a plugin which is neither extendable nor could be scrapped due to various reasons. I need this runtime release very badly.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 6:14 am

Hi, I had a look to some of the blogs and I'm a bit confuse, following links posted from post to post, so I really hope the answer is not somewere else, if so, sorry to use your time.

Is there a way to install the VS 2008 Crystal report editor on Visual Studio 2010 ? Or are all the VS2008 projects that used CR 2008 are to remain on VS2008 until november ? I dont know exactly what the new features are but for my level of report, I doubt I really need them, but If I cant edit the reports it's a bit annoying.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 9:34 am

I tested for the second time (with more understanding of what was going on) to "deploy" the beta version on my server following Mandeep Jassal's instruction and it worked well, So I guess I will continue using the beta version on our server until the release is available, anyway I dont do any other deployment other than one server, so I should be fine. Dont put any more effort to find the solution I was seeking, as other seem much more in a hurry than I am... 😉

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Hi Raphael,

The developer components included with CR 2008 do not support VS 2010. You can use either CR 2008 or the beta CR for VS 2010 to modify your RPT files. If you have a choice of when to migrate projects from VS 2008, we recommend waiting until November, because that is when the runtimes with .NET 4.0 support will be released and formally supported.

Thanks, Blair

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 8:29 am

Hi,
Can we use CR for VS 2010 Beta Release on production database up to November 2010? Or else, I assume there is no way I could integrate crystal reports with VS 2010 (up to November 2010)...

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 22, 2010 at 2:03 pm

There's 2 sides to this. The legal side and the practical side. On the legal side, the license agreement says that we don't allow the beta to be used in production systems. On the practical side, we're supporting the beta on a best-efforts level only, and only through the forums. If you've done your testing and are confident that it works, we can't stop anyone from using the beta in production. Just be aware our ability to help is limited in case there's an issue.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 9:00 am

Can you please answer our questions Mr. Wheadon as we are all desparate to use Crystal Reports in a 21st century production environment.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 22, 2010 at 9:06 am

I'm in the process of rounding up answers to these valid questions. Please stay tuned. Thanks, Blair

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 11:25 am

Hi, i made a application in visual studio 2010 and made some reports using Crystal Reports for visual studio 2010, but the aplication show a error when load a report, i need know if exist crredist for vs2010 or exist another software for my apllications.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 22, 2010 at 2:04 pm

See my comment below on the 2nd beta.

Former Member

June 22, 2010 at 5:15 pm

Thank you Blair for your reply. Please tell me when you have the final version of Crystal Reports and when i will use my applications with this version of Crystal Reports.

Former Member

June 28, 2010 at 4:03 pm

I am new to Crystal Reports. I got it when I purchase Visual Studio 2010 to redsign a software package I wrote in Microsoft Visual Foxpro. I am designing it to run on 64 bit computers and thought it was the best solution.

I did not know that the system would be rendered useless because I have no way of generating reports from my new system. I tried following the instructions to use the CR2008 runtimes, but each time I loaded a form, it threw an error and stopped.

Would it be possible to added to any email list you may have that notify designers of changes to the status of ANYTHING that may help with the deployment of software written that was intended to use Crystal Reports.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 28, 2010 at 6:52 pm

Fair request John. When I have new blog entries on VS 2010 (in fact I'm going to write one now), I'll write a short comment on my prior blogs so that anyone who has commented will be notified of the news.

Thanks, Blair

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

June 28, 2010 at 7:04 pm

I updated this blog to describe the Beta 2 release.

Former Member

June 28, 2010 at 7:24 pm

Thanks so much, Blair. That's really very helpful for me to plan. I do hope this release, irrespective of its size, would help us great deal.

Former Member

June 29, 2010 at 11:12 am

the beta1 not run in windows 7 64 bits.

Former Member

June 29, 2010 at 11:15 am

Hi Luis, it will not work. That's the whole point. We all are awaiting another Beta Release which will have 64 Bit compatible runtime.

Former Member

July 8, 2010 at 5:23 am

Is there any word on when the standalone application (or pre-release) will be available?
Thanks, Lee

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 8, 2010 at 5:43 am

Yes - see the update above. We're targeting early August for the Beta 2 release.

Former Member

July 8, 2010 at 6:39 am

Brilliant- you refer to CR for Visual Studio... but didn't make it clear that the standalone application will also be following the same schedule.
Thanks

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 8, 2010 at 8:03 am

Sorry - I misinterpreted your question. I need to correct my original answer. Standalone Crystal Reports 2011 will release in Q1 2011. Thanks, Blair

Former Member

July 13, 2010 at 8:39 am

Hello,

Do CR for VS 2010 and Standalone Crystal Reports 2011 have any relationship? For example, if I install Visual Studio 2008, I get Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008. After this, if I install standalone Crystal Reports 2008 on a computer already containing Visual Studio 2008, I get additional features. Will there be any such scenario with CR for VS 2010 and Standalone Crystal Reports 2011?

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 16, 2010 at 2:13 pm

Good question. No - they are completely decoupled. When you get CR for VS 2010 you get our complete solution for .NET development. There are no additional features provided with Crystal Reports 2011. This means .NET developers get a better reporting tool for no cost, and Crystal Reports 2011 has a smaller footprint and is faster to download. Developers should still consider Crystal Reports 2008 (or 2011) to design reports as it provides features like editable preview, saved export options, and the ability to embed Flash into reports. Thanks, Blair.

Former Member

July 21, 2010 at 6:58 am

Hi,
what a shame!!!
I've installed full Crystal Reports 2008 with SAP integration kit. So when want using the connection features of SAP int. kit or other advanced features of CR 2008 Pro within VS 2010 espacially for connect to BW Query - it won't work.
Now and in future i have to use VS 2008 for that - did I understand that right?
Thanks,
Sebastian

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 26, 2010 at 1:43 pm

With the release of BOE XI 4.0 next year, a MSI will be available that supports both XI 4.0 and .NET 4.0. This can be used with VS 2010.

Unlike today, this will be a completely standalone MSI and will have no dependencies on the CR for VS .NET 2010 runtimes.

If you're using BOE XI 3.X with your SAP integration kit, then yes, you have to continue to use VS 2008 with that.

Thanks, Blair

Former Member

July 15, 2010 at 4:07 pm

Hi,

Please see below vs crystal issue:
http://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/825277-repost-export-pdf-smaller-fonts-known-issue

Just wondering if this issue will be fixed on Nov 2010 release?

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 26, 2010 at 1:38 pm

It took a while to research the response here. SAP note 1207181 describes the original issue and solution.

SAP note 1435991 describes a cleaner solution that addresses the truncation problem. This was implemented after CR Basic for VS 2008 was released. This will be picked up in CR for VS 2010 and should be in the current beta.

To use note 1435991 with CR for VS 2010, modify the reg keys in the note to replace "Business ObjectsSuite 12.0" with "SAP BusinessObjectsSuite XI 4.0"

SAP notes can be searched at http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/advancedsearch?query=boj

Thanks, Blair

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

July 29, 2010 at 10:45 am

See this blog for more info:

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Runtimes Now Available

Former Member

August 11, 2010 at 3:01 am

Hello Blair,
i use VS 2010 RC, and installed the CR Beta 2. When i try to create a new Crystal report there is only a notification (web page) to install CR for VS. Can you help me?

regards,
Ulhaak

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

August 12, 2010 at 9:05 am

Hi Ulhaak,

Can you post this to the the support forums here:

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta - read before posting

I'm not sure if the RC version is supported by beta 2.

Thanks, Blair

Former Member

September 10, 2010 at 9:55 am

I installed the beta version but whenever I try to open a new project, keeps asking me to download again.
I searched around and it appears that it wont run on VB2010 Spanish version.
If this is true, when will a Spanish version will be available???

TTKS A LOT

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

September 13, 2010 at 6:38 pm

Suggest you review the .NET support forum here: SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio

The installer is still beta, and we recommend only installing it on machines that have never had a version of Crystal Reports installed on it.

Thanks, Blair

Former Member

October 13, 2010 at 4:56 am

Hello. Hope someone can shed some light for me. I have VS2010 and installed cr4vs2010 and CRforNet40_x86. Then I added a new crystal report to my project and got the following issues : The type or namespace name 'Shared' does not exist in the namespace
'CrystalDecisions'.
But these are added to my project as references :
    using CrystalDecisions.Shared;
    using CrystalDecisions.ReportSource;
    using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

Crystal reports developed in previous versions of Crystal Reports also dont work in VS2010. But I can get them to work sucessfully in previous versions of Visual Studio like VS2005 and VS2008.

Why is this happening ?

Could someone please point my into a direction that might help me.

Thank you in advance.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

October 13, 2010 at 6:51 am

Hi Gerhard,

Please post support questions like this to our .NET support forum on SDN:

SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio

Thanks, Blair

Former Member

November 14, 2010 at 1:16 pm

Hi, Is the VS 2010 Crystal Reports Release available for download ?

Former Member

November 15, 2010 at 7:02 am

Hi Emmanuel,

You can download the production release from this location: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22083. [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

Regards,

Coy

Former Member

March 15, 2011 at 12:24 pm

On installing with the following prerequisite checked:
SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine for .NET Framework 4.0
.. received this error:
Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0\CRRuntime_32bit_13_0.msi
has changed since it was initially published.

Blair Wheadon

Blog Post Author

March 15, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Please search the .NET developer forums for a resolution, or post this question there if you don't see an answer. SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio

Update on the CR for VS 2010 Release

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