Visual Studio Crystal Reports Reference

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am using Crystal Reports 2013 and Visual Studio 2019. I am trying to add crystal reports as a reference to enable writing code to access a crystal reports. I am having trouble figuring out which reference to add or If I need to find and additional dll or download one. I have a screenshot above of the current options.

[Private_Member_467521]

Hi Chris,

There is no screenshot...:)

[DellSC · Accepted solution]

None of the above!

Starting with Crystal 2011, the SDK no longer comes packaged with the full version of Crystal Reports. Starting with VS 2010, the SDK no longer comes packaged with VS. Instead, you need to go to the Crystal for VS wiki to download the SDK, which is currently on SP28. You'll download the "integration" .exe file to integrate the SDK with VS,. The other "runtime" downloads are for use only when deploying your application. Make sure that you use the version 13.x files in the references for your project.

This page has lots of other information, including links to sample code and licensing information.

-Dell

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you so much!!! You are a Lifesaver!!!

[luke_eason1 · Accepted solution]

Dell,

Thank you for this clarifying detail! I've been looking all over the web to find this explanation.

Luke