web developer version for 2014 report templates

[Winks87]

We will be updating to the 2014 Vault soon.  I currently running the Visual Web Developer 2008 Express edition in XP mode.  I would like to update this to a new version that I wont have to run through XP mode.  What is the latest version of Web Developer that works for modifying report templates in 2014 Vault Professional?

[olearya]

Hi James,

My understanding is that Microsoft are no longer providing any support for rdlc report format so Web Developer 2008 will still be required for modifying these templates.

[Winks87]

Ok, so how do I load web developer 2008 express on my Windows 7 64 bit operating system that Vault 2014 pro requires?

[olearya]

Hi James,

This is a tricky one - we are actively looking at a work around for report templates but I will contact you directly to see what other options we may have.

[scottmoyse · Accepted solution]

Hey James,

You may have already sussed this out. But @Redmond.D created this blog post earlier this year, with a link to a suitable report designer:

http://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2014/04/rdlc-editors.html

It installs and launches on Windows 8.1 but I haven't tried to create a report yet.

[Winks87]

Thanks for the heads-up... I am now successfully using "fyiReporting".  It seams to be working well.

[mbodnar]

Hi James

I see you have successfully used the Fyireporting to edit the rdlc templates

I found an installer (see below) but when opening all default templates except FileTransmittal.rdlc, the preview tab shows an error, before even doing anything

I used the authoring tool to add a few extra fields, and while these become available easily and the RDLC editor is very easy to use, the templates all show an error

https://github.com/majorsilence/My-FyiReporting/wiki/Downloads

Any suggestions on this would be much appreciated

Max Bodnar

[mbodnar]

Hi James

I see you have successfully used the Fyireporting to edit the rdlc templates

I found an installer (see below) but when opening all default templates except FileTransmittal.rdlc, the preview tab shows an error, before even doing anything

I used the authoring tool to add a few extra fields, and while these become available easily and the RDLC editor is very easy to use, the templates all show an error

https://github.com/majorsilence/My-FyiReporting/wiki/Downloads

Any suggestions on this would be much appreciated

Max Bodnar