Visual Studio Configuration

Microsoft Visual Studio Configuration

IMPORTANT NOTE - READ CAREFULLY
YOU WILL ABLE TO USE THE BARCODE CRI (Custom Report Item) WITH DESIGN TIME FEATURES IF AND ONLY IF THE SQL SERVER 2005/2008/2012 THAT WILL BE RUNNING THE REPORT SERVER IS STANDARD, ENTERPRISE OR DATACENTER EDITIONS ONLY! OTHER SQL SERVER 2005/2008/2012 EDITIONS SUCH AS EXPRESS, WORKGROUP OR WEB; LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THIRD PARTY CRIs. PLEASE REFER TO First Steps with Barcode Professional for SQL Server Reporting Services TOPIC FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO USE BARCODE PROFESSIONAL IN DIFFERENT REPORTING SERVICES SCENARIOS.

Before you follow the steps described below, please ensure that Neodynamic Barcode Professional is correctly configured to work with VS & Reporting Services. For more info about it please refer to Configuring Barcode Professional for Reporting Services topic.

Launch Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 or SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
Create a new Report Server Project under Business Intelligence Projects or open an existing one.
Open the Toolbox, right-click on it, and select Choose Items
Select the .NET Framework Components tab. You will find the Neodynamic.ReportingServices.Barcode assembly listed.
If you cannot find it...
- Click on Browse button, and navigate to the folder you installed it to.
- Browse to the Bin\BarcodeCRI\For SSRS 2005 folder if you are using VS 2005 or Bin\BarcodeCRI\For SSRS 2008 folder if you are using VS 2008 or Bin\BarcodeCRI\For SSRS 2012 folder if you are using VS 2010.
- Select Neodynamic.ReportingServices.Barcode.dll from that dialog, and click on Open.
- Click on OK button.
Double-click on Barcode Professional assembly to select it, then click on OK.
The Barcode Professional control should now appear in the Visual Studio Toolbox.