Lesson 1: Create a New Web Site

In this lesson you’ll learn how to create a new website project using the ASP.NET website template for Visual C#.

To create a new website

1. Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

2. On the File menu, point to New, and select Web Site.

3. In the New Web Site dialog box, in the Installed Templates pane, select Visual C# and then choose ASP.NET web site ( in Visual Studio 2012 select ASP.NET Web Forms Site).

4. In the Location box, specify a project directory and click OK.

The website project opens.

Next Task

You’ve successfully created a new website project. Next, you will create a data connection and a data table for the parent report. See Lesson 2: Define a Data Connection and Data Table for Parent Report.