rdlc files donot compile or validate in VS 2022

Question

I am trying to upgrade and compile a project in VS 2022 with some rdlc files, it does not show any errors when we try to build or rebuild.
It was working on VS2013 before. It showed any compile errors in the files and does not complete the build until the issues are fixed.
The same is not happening in Visual Studio 2022. Am I missing something? Is there an alternate way to handle this?

Answer 1

Hi @DeAdu

VS2022 currently doesn't support RDLC designer， please check out this thread：https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/microsoft-rdlc-report-designer-in-2022/1494593
A workaround seem to be this (quoted in the link ):

A workaround until the designer is officially supported is to download Microsoft Report Builder and use it in editing your reports, Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wss8bvzjiE

Or you can use the VS 2019 ，here is the download link ：https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/

Best Regards,
Isabella

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Answer 2

Starting 1st of March 2022, there's Microsoft RDLC Report Designer 2022 package which you can download:

• Microsoft RDLC Report Designer for VS 2022

The Package contains New Projects and Report Designer for VB and C#.

This package works in conjunction with the Report Viewer Nuget Package. The Windows Forms projects have a reference to existing package and require rebuild or download to function properly.