Reportviewer tool missing in visual studio 2017 RC

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I just started to write reporting software in new version of visual studio named visual studio 2017 RC but just noticed that core reportviewing tools is missing from both windows forms and WPF application template. Can anyone tell me why the reportviewer tool is disappeared from visual studio 2017 ? Really having trouble without it . Is there any alternate to work with this tool in new visual studio ?

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Please NOTE that this procedure of adding the reporting services described by @Rich Shealer above will be iterated every time you start a different project. In order to avoid that:

If you may need to set up a different computer (eg, at home without internet), then keep your downloaded installers from the marketplace somewhere safe, ie:
- Microsoft.DataTools.ReportingServices.vsix, and
- Microsoft.RdlcDesigner.vsix
Fetch the following libraries from the packages or bin folder of the application you have created with reporting services in it:
- Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common.dll
- Microsoft.ReportViewer.DataVisualization.dll
- Microsoft.ReportViewer.Design.dll
- Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel.dll
- Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll
Install the 2 components from 1 above
Add the dlls from 2 above as references (Project>References>Add...)
(Optional) Add Reporting tab to the toolbar
Add Items to Reporting tab
Browse to the bin folder or where you have the above dlls and add them

You are now good to go! ReportViewer icon will be added to your toolbar, and you will also now find Report and ReportWizard templates added to your Common list of templates when you want to add a New Item... (Report) to your project

NB: When set up using Nuget package manager, the Report and ReportWizard templates are grouped under Reporting. Using my method described above however does not add the Reporting grouping in installed templates, but I dont think it is any trouble given that it enables you to quickly integrate rdlc without internet and without downloading what you already have from Nuget every time!

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Download Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual Studio from this link. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ProBITools.MicrosoftRdlcReportDesignerforVisualStudio-18001

Microsoft explain the steps in details:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/application-integration/integrating-reporting-services-using-reportviewer-controls-get-started?view=sql-server-2017

The following steps summarizes the above article.

Adding the Report Viewer control to a new web project:

Create a new ASP.NET Empty Web Site or open an existing ASP.NET project.
Install the Report Viewer control NuGet package via the NuGet package manager console. From Visual Studio -> Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console
```
Install-Package Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportViewerControl.WebForms
```

Add a new .aspx page to the project and register the Report Viewer control assembly for use within the page.

<%@ Register assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" namespace="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms" tagprefix="rsweb" %>

Add a ScriptManagerControl to the page.

Add the Report Viewer control to the page. The snippet below can be updated to reference a report hosted on a remote report server.

 <rsweb:ReportViewer ID="ReportViewer1" runat="server" ProcessingMode="Remote">
 <ServerReport ReportPath="" ReportServerUrl="" /></rsweb:ReportViewer>

The final page should look like the following.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="Sample" %>

<%@ Register assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" namespace="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms" tagprefix="rsweb" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> 
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager runat="server"></asp:ScriptManager>        
       <rsweb:ReportViewer ID="ReportViewer1" runat="server" ProcessingMode="Remote">
           <ServerReport ReportServerUrl="https://AContosoDepartment/ReportServer" ReportPath="/LatestSales" />
    </rsweb:ReportViewer>
    </form>
</body>

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If you re like me and tried a few of these methods and are stuck at the point that you have the control in the toolbox and can draw it on the form but it disappears from the form and puts it down in the components  then simply edit the designer and add the following in the appropriate area of InitializeComponent   to make it visible   this Controls Add this reportViewer1    or   ContainerControl  Controls Add this reportViewer1     You ll also need to make adjustments to the location and size manually after you ve added the control   Not a great answer for sure  but if you re stuck and just need to get work done for now until you have more time to figure it out  it should help

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Update    11 19 2019  Microsoft has released a new version of the control 150 1400 0 in their Nuget library  My short testing shows that it works again in the forms designer where 150 1357 0 and 150 1358 0 did not  This includes being able to resize and modify the ReportViewer Tasks on the control itself      Update    8 18 2019  Removing the latest version and rolling back to 150 900 148 0 seems to work on multiple computers I m using with VS2017 and VS2019   You can roll back to 150 900 148 in the Nuget solution package manager  It works similarly to the previous versions  Use the drop down box to select the older version     It may be easier to manually delete references to post 150 900 versions of ReportViewer and readd them than it is to fix them    Remember to restart Visual Studio after changing the toolbox entry   Update  8 7 2019   A newer version of the ReportViewer control has been released  probably coinciding with Visual Studio 2019  I was working with V150 1358 0   Following the directions in this answer gets the control in the designer s toolbox  But once dropped on the form it doesn t display  The control shows up below the form as a non-visual component   This is working as designed according to Microsoft SQL BI support  This is the group responsible for the control   While you still cannot interact with the control directly  these additional steps give a workaround so the control can be sized on the form  While now visible  the designer treats the control as if it didn t exist   I ve created a feedback request at the suggestion of Microsoft SQL BI support   Please consider voting on it to get Microsoft s attention   Microsoft Azure Feedback page - Restore Designtime features of the WinForms ReportViewer Control  Additional steps    After adding the reportviewer to the WinForm Add a Panel Control to the WinForm  In the form s form designer cs file  add the Reportviewer control to the panel              panel1         this panel1 Controls Add this reportViewer1    Return to the form s designer  you should see the reportViewer on the panel In the Properties panel select the ReportViewer in the controls list dropdown Set the reportViewer s Dock property to Fill   Now you can position the reportViewer by actually interacting with the panel   Update  Microsoft released a document on April 18  2017 describing how to configure and use the reporting tool in Visual Studio 2017   Visual Studio 2017 does not have the ReportViewer tool installed by default in the ToolBox  Installing the extension Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual Studio and then adding that to the ToolBox results in a non-visual component that appears below the form   Microsoft Support had told me this is a bug  but as of April 21  2017 it is  working as designed    The following steps need to be followed for each project that requires ReportViewer    If you have ReportViewer in the Toolbox  remove it   Highlight  right-click and delete    You will have to have a project with a form open to do this     Edited 8 7 2019 - It looks like the current version of the RDLC Report Designer extension no longer interferes  You need this to actually edit the reports    If you have the Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual Studio extension installed  uninstall it  Close your solution and restart Visual Studio  This is a crucial step  errors will occur if VS is not restarted when switching between solutions  Open your solution  Open the NuGet Package Manager Console  Tools NuGet Package Manager Package Manager Console  At the PM  prompt enter this command  case matters   Install-Package Microsoft ReportingServices ReportViewerControl WinForms  You should see text describing the installation of the package    Now we can temporarily add the ReportViewer tool to the tool box    Right-click in the toolbox and use Choose Items    We need to browse to the proper DLL that is located in the solutions Packages folder  so hit the browse button  In our example we can paste in the packages folder as shown in the text of Package Manager Console   C  Users jdoe Documents Projects  Test ReportViewerTest WindowsFormsApp1 packages Then double click on the folder named Microsoft ReportingServices ReportViewerControl Winforms 140 340 80  The version number will probably change in the future  Then double-click on lib and again on net40  Finally  double click on the file Microsoft ReportViewer WinForms dll  You should see ReportViewer checked in the dialog   Scroll to the right and you will see the version 14 0 0 0 associated to it  Click OK    ReportViewer is now located in the ToolBox    Drag the tool to the desired form s   Once completed  delete the ReportViewer tool from the tool box  You can t use it with another project  You may save the project and are good to go    Remember to restart Visual Studio any time you need to open a project with ReportViewer so that the DLL is loaded from the correct location  If you try and open a solution with a form with ReportViewer without restarting you will see errors indicating that the    The variable  reportViewer1  is either undeclared or was never assigned       If you add a new project to the same solution you need to create the project  save the solution  restart Visual Studio and then you should be able to add the ReportViewer to the form   I have seen it not work the first time and show up as a non-visual component   When that happens  removing the component from the form  deleting the Microsoft ReportViewer   references from the project  saving and restarting usually works

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Update  this answer works with both  Visual Sudio 2017 and 2019   For me it worked by the following three steps        Updating Visual Studio to the latest build    Adding Report   Report Wizard to the Add New Item menu by      Going to Visual Studio menu Tools Extensions and Updates   Choose Online from the left panel    Search for Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual Studio   Download and install it    Adding Report viewer control by      Going to NuGet Package Manager   Installing Microsoft ReportingServices ReportViewerControl Winforms   Go to the folder that contains Microsoft ReportViewer WinForms dll   USERPROFILE   nuget packages microsoft reportingservices reportviewercontrol winforms 140 1000 523 lib net40   Drag the Microsoft ReportViewer WinForms dll file and drop it at Visual Studio Toolbox Window         For WebForms applications      The same    The same    Adding Report viewer control by      Going to NuGet Package Manager   Installing Microsoft ReportingServices ReportViewerControl WebForms   Go to the folder that contains Microsoft ReportViewer WebForms dll file   USERPROFILE   nuget packages microsoft reportingservices reportviewercontrol webforms 140 1000 523 lib net40   Drag the Microsoft ReportViewer WebForms dll file and drop it at Visual Studio Toolbox Window         That s all

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