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Missing Microsoft RDLC Report Designer in Visual Studio


In Visual Studio 2015, I cannot find the designer for RDLC reports anymore. Does anyone know if this is only a bug and if it is provided later on or if Microsoft wants to kill the RDLC or if they want us to use an external designer and when, which designer this is?

Update For developpers searching for the RDLC Report Designer in Visual Studio 2017, it must be now downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace


Solution

  • Visual Studio 2017 and newer

    The RDLC Report Designer can be found on the Visual Studio Marketplace:

    Besides that, the ReportViewer Control, which is the runtime requirement for showing reports in ASP.NET or Windows Forms Applications, is now available through NuGet. See here for details.


    Visual Studio 2015

    The Report Designer is part of the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools.

    You can add it using the Visual Studio setup (Programs and Features > Visual Studio 2015 > Change)

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