Crystal report Invoking Error in Visual studio 2012

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I am developing WinForms Application using vb.net in visual studio 2012. And I have downloaded SAP crystal report for Visual Studio 2012 to take the reports from my application. So i downloaded the following two files.

1) (SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio SP5 - MSI 32bit) CRRuntime_32bit_13_0_5.msi from http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-35074

2) Crystal report Installer file CRforVS_13_0_5.exe

After Installing the first file I got references in visual studio 2012 as : enter image description here

I dont Know which reference should be included to create crystal reports in VS. And I installed Second file also. It Installed Successfully and i found the crystalreportviewer in Reporting tab of toolbox. I Selected that tool and i choose create new report. That time I am getting the error like : Error Invoking 'Create a new Crystal report...' Details: Can't resolve strongly report class at design time. What does this mean? what is the solution to this ? Sorry I am new to crystal reports. Thanku....

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visual-studio-2012crystal-reportsvb.net-2010

2 Answers

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Uninstall the CRRuntime_32bit_13_0_5.msi and CRforVS_13_0_5.exe packages, then install only CRforVS_13_0_5.exe.

Inside the exe there are the designer for Visual Studio and the runtimes files (the same contained in CRRuntime_32bit_13_0_5.msi)

There is no need to include libraries reference when generating a new report, but if you use the CrystalReportViewer you'll have to include:

  • CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
  • CrystalDecisions.ReportSource
  • CrystalDecisions.Shared
  • CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms
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To create a new Crystal Report, in your VS solution explorer, right-click on your solution and choose "Add". In the resulting window, click on "Reporting" in the Installed Templates" and choose "Crystal Report". Give the report a name and click "Add". The new report will be added to your solution and the report wizard will start.