cannot start vb2005 express in vs express
Please help,
I cannot start vb within Visual Studio express
I installed several times sqlserver, sqlservertools, vb etc. . I run several uninstall programs. I tried vbexpress/installvstemplates and so on
A this moment i even not see the report template. (i did see that before) . Just a blank solution.
Starting just VB is no problem
The reason that i want to start with Visual Studio is that (as far that i know) i cannot make reports directly in VB
Maybe i′ll completely wrong with my assumptions and actions.
But please help
Greetings
Kaakje
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kaakje] at [2008-1-8]
Hi Kaakje, Visual Studio Express Edition is made up of several individual parts. Unlike the normal Visual Studio 2005
products, ( Standard, PRO etc.) the Express Editions are not intergrated into a single enviroment, where you have access to different programming languages etc. When you install VB 2005 EE, and then C# EE, C++ 2005 EE, you will have seperate programs to deal with instead of a single "studio" to work within. That is one reason they are free downloads. To get a fully intergrated Development Suite of Tools, you have to purchase at the least, the Standard Edition of Visual Studio 2005. Some of the free, downloadable templates on MSDN may not show up in any of the Express Editions at all. You may find templates that will work with the Express Editions
The Reporting Add-in you are talking about is for Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edtion and should not show up in Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition.
Check this link for more info: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa975050.aspx
Hope this helps.
james
aka:Trucker
Hi James,
Thank you for your answer. If i had know this before...........
Do i understand that i cannot make reports with any of the express editions exept SQLserver and the web developer?
Is there an other solution?
Thanks Kaakje
That is correct. The only other solution I have found (using Google Search) was to purchase the Full Crystal Reports package and add references in your VB.NET 2005 EE project, in code, As indicated in this thread on this forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=227458&SiteID=1
There are other limitations besides reporting with the Express Editions of Visual Studio 2005 products.
The Express Editions are really meant as learning tools. And are limited to some very basic things.
Only having Click-Once Deployment is one of the other (to me) major pieces missing.
Depending on where you live, you can find Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition for less than $200.00.
Another thing to think about, is the fact that the Crystal Reports feature that comes with the paid versions
of VS 2005, is not as full featured as the full Crystal Reports package from Business Objects. It all depends
on your needs.
james
aka:Trucker
