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Integration with Visual Studio |
Using Visual Studio Extensions |
Learn how to facilitate the development process for Telerik Reporting with the Visual Studio Extensions. |
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The Visual Studio Extensions for the Telerik Reporting product aim to help developers when creating applications with Telerik Reporting. They can be accessed through the Extensions | Telerik | Reporting menu.
Make sure that the extension is installed first:
The extensions handle the following major points in the development process:
After [installing Telerik Reporting]({%slug telerikreporting/installation%}), the extensions add several project templates to the New Project dialog of Visual Studio:
If you select the last option Telerik Reporting REST service, the REST Service Project Configuration wizard is launched:
A menu pops up that allows you to configure the REST Service properties:
[Hosting the Telerik Reporting REST Service in an ASP.NET Application]({%slug telerikreporting/using-reports-in-applications/host-the-report-engine-remotely/telerik-reporting-rest-services/asp.net-web-api-implementation/how-to-add-telerik-reporting-rest-web-api-to-web-application%})
[Hosting the Telerik Reporting REST Service in ASP.NET Core in .NET 6+ with Minimal API]({%slug telerikreporting/using-reports-in-applications/host-the-report-engine-remotely/telerik-reporting-rest-services/asp.net-core-web-api-implementation/how-to-host-reports-service-in-asp.net-core-in-.net-6-with-minimal-api%})
With the [installation of Telerik Reporting]({%slug telerikreporting/installation%}), several [report item]({%slug report_item%}) templates are added to the New Item dialog of Visual Studio:
If you select the last option, the New Report Wizard is launched:
Depending on the user's selection, the respective wizard is displayed, e.g. [Band Report Wizard]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/desktop-designers/tools/report-wizards/band-report-wizard/overview%}).
The [Upgrade Wizard]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/desktop-designers/visual-studio-report-designer/upgrade-wizard%}) allows you to upgrade/downgrade a .NET Framework project to any installed Telerik Reporting version. It can be started by using the Extensions > Telerik > Reporting > Upgrade Wizard menu item:
After [installing Telerik Reporting]({%slug telerikreporting/installation%}) you can benefit the [Visual Studio Report Designer]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/desktop-designers/visual-studio-report-designer/overview%}) in a .NET Framework project which facilitates the creation of new reports and importing reports from other formats in the Designer.
During the [installation process]({%slug telerikreporting/installation%}) of Telerik Reporting on your machine, the Telerik assemblies are added to Global Assemby Cache (GAC) as well. This enables the respective items in the Visual Studio Toolbox for a .NET Framework project as well:
In case of any problems related to the Visual Studio Telerik Reporting Toolbox items, please refer to [Troubleshooting]({%slug telerik-reporting-toolbox-items-are-missing%}) article offering several tips.
- [Upgrade Wizard]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/desktop-designers/visual-studio-report-designer/upgrade-wizard%})
- [Troubleshooting Visual Studio Report Designer Problems]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/desktop-designers/visual-studio-report-designer/visual-studio-problems%})
- [Installation Approaches for Telerik Reporting]({%slug telerikreporting/installation%})