Converting from ActiveReports

Environment

Product	Progress® Telerik® Reporting
Report Designer	Visul Studio/Standalone Report Designer

Description

The Telerik converter from ActiveReports is built against ActiveReports 3 (build 5.2.1013.2). If you're using a newer version of ActiveReports, you will need to add an assembly binding redirect statement to your Visual Studio/Standalone Report Designer configuration file.

The converter only works with ActiveReports 3.

Solution

• Examine the Global Assembly Cache (C:\WINDOWS\assembly) to check which version of ActiveReports you have installed.

• Depending on the version you use, modify the following statements accordingly and insert them in your configuration file, usually located at:

  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.Config

  • XML

  <configuration>
      <runtime>
      <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
          <dependentAssembly>
              <assemblyIdentity name="ActiveReports3" publicKeyToken="cc4967777c49a3ff" culture="neutral" />
              <bindingRedirect newVersion="x.x.x.x" oldVersion="x.x.x.x" />
          </dependentAssembly>
          <dependentAssembly>
              <assemblyIdentity name="ActiveReports.Viewer3" publicKeyToken="cc4967777c49a3ff" culture="neutral" />
              <bindingRedirect newVersion="x.x.x.x" oldVersion="x.x.x.x" />
          </dependentAssembly>
      </assemblyBinding>
      </runtime>
  </configuration>

  where the first x.x.x.x is the version of ActiveReports that you are using and the second x.x.x.x is the version mentioned in the "New Report Wizard".

• Restart Visual Studio.

• Add new Telerik Report to your project and start the Report Wizard. On its second step, select "Convert from existing report".

"ActiveReports" is a trademark of Data Dynamics.