Crystal Report (full version) vs Visual Studio 2022 version and development approach

[dimgar]

What is the best approach for new developer:

1. create reports with the full version and integrate afterwards the reports in a WPF C# application in Visual Studio 2022

2. create reports directly in Visual Studio 2022 ?

Do they have the same functionalities and same userfriendly utilisation?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

[DellSC · Accepted solution]

They are similar, although the full version has a bit more functionality and can access more types of data. However, if you're going to run reports based on ADO.NET datasets from your application instead of connecting reports directly to the database, you'll need to use the VS version.

-Dell

[dimgar · Accepted solution]

Thanks Dell, I'm using Entity Framework Core what would you do in that case?

[DellSC · Accepted solution]

I haven't used Entity Framework Core, so I'm not sure what to tell you other than if it doesn't resolve to ADO.NET datasets, you'll have to connect directly to the database. don2022, do you have any thoughts on this?

-Dell