ActiveReports 19 User Guide
Developers / ActiveReports Version Compatibility and Migration / Compatibility of Visual Studio Integrated Designers
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ActiveReports 19 can be installed and used on the same machine in which other older versions of ActiveReports for .NET (except ActiveReports 13) have been installed.

Compatibility of ActiveReports Visual Studio Integrated Designers with Visual Studio

ActiveReports Visual Studio integrated designer of different versions can be used by integrating the designer with Visual Studio IDE (Integrated development environment). The following table shows the Visual Studio versions corresponding to the integrated designer versions that are supported.

VS 2013 VS 2015 VS 2017 VS 2019 VS 2022
ActiveReports 14 ○ ○ ○
(VS SP2+)		 ○ ×
ActiveReports 15 × ○ ○
(VS SP2+)		 ○ ×
ActiveReports 16 × × ○
(VS SP2+)		 ○ ○
ActiveReports 17 × × ○
(VS SP2+)		 ○ ○
ActiveReports 18 × × ○
(VS SP2+)		 ○ ○
ActiveReports 19 × × × ○ ○

To switch the designers of versions prior to ActiveReports 13, use the switcher tool. See ActiveReports 13 help file for more information.

Starting from ActiveReports 14, you should use the Visual Studio menu to enable/disable the ActiveReports integration.

Manage Visual Studio Integration

In case you want to disable or uninstall ActiveReports 19 Visual Studio integration, do the following.

  1. In Visual Studio, go to Extensions > Manage Extensions.
  2. Navigate to ActiveReports 19 VS2022 and click Disable or Uninstall.

 Extensions and Update window

In case you want to install the integration again, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the installation folder - C:\Program Files\MESCIUS\ActiveReports 19\VisualStudio (C:\Program Files (x86)\MESCIUS\ActiveReports 19\VisualStudio on a 64-bit Windows operating system).
  2. Run the VSIX as per your Visual Studio Version.

Note:                       

  • It is not possible to use different versions of ActiveReports for .NET within a single Visual Studio project.
  • When using our Integrated Designer in Visual Studio 2022, you may observe invisible controls in our smart panels or tool windows (such as Report Explorer or Layers List). To solve this issue, navigate to Tools > Options > Environment > General and clear the 'Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities' checkbox.