ActiveReports 19 .NET Edition
Introduction / Product Requirements
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    Product Requirements
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    To install and use ActiveReports 19, you need the following hardware and software.

    Hardware requirements (minimum)

    Development Environments

    .NET Framework
    4.7.2 to 4.8.1    		 .NET 8, .NET 9
    Desktop
    (WinForms, WPF)
    ASP.NET
    (WebForms, MVC 5)     		 Console 1
    Desktop
    (WinForms, WPF)
    ASP.NET Core
    (MVC, Blazor)
    Azure Function 2
    IDE Visual Studio 2022 (17.11) ✓  ✓
    Visual Studio 2019 (16.11) ✓ ✗
    Operating System Windows 11 ✓ ✓ 3
    Windows 10 ✓ ✓ 3
    Windows Server 2025 ✓ ✓ 3
    Windows Server 2022 ✓ ✓ 3
    Windows Server 2019 ✓ ✓ 3
    Windows Server 2016 ✓ 3 ✓ 3

    1 Tutorial: Create a .NET console application using Visual Studio
    2 Quickstart: Create your first C# function in Azure using Visual Studio
    3 Install .NET on Windows

    Note: The Express Editions of Visual Studio do not work with ActiveReports, as they do not support packages.

    You are required to perform the following updates from the links provided for the proper working in Visual Studio.

    Run Time Supported Environments

    Console and Desktop

    Controls Framework  Operating System
    .NET Framework
    4.7.2 to 4.8.1    		 .NET 8
    .NET 9    		 Windows 11
    Windows 10

    Windows Server 2025

    Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016    

    		 macOS 10.15+ 1
    Linux 2
    Console Application
     (Page/RDLX reports)    		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
    Console Application
     (Section Reports)    		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
    WinForms Controls
    (Viewer, Designer)    		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
    WPF Controls (Viewer) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

    1 .NET on macOS
    2 .NET on Linux  

    Web

    Server Framework  Operating System 1

    .NET Framework
    4.7.2 - 4.8.1

    .NET 8
    .NET 9

    		 Windows 11
    Windows 10

    Windows Server 2025

    Windows Server 2022

    Windows Server 2019

    Windows Server 2016                    

    		 macOS 10.15+ 2
    Linux 3
    ASP.NET WebForms
    (WebViewer)    		 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗
    ASP.NET MVC 5
    (JS Viewer, WebDesigner)    		 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗
    ASP.NET Core MVC
    (JS Viewer, WebDesigner)    		 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
    ASP.NET Core Blazor
    (Viewer)    		 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

    Client

    Controls Browser Operating System Mobile
    Edge Cromium 109
    Chrome 109              		 Firefox 115
    Safari 15.6    		 Internet Explorer 11
    Edge Legacy    		 Windows 11
    Windows 10

    Windows Server 2025

    Windows Server 2022

    Windows Server 2019

    Windows Server 2016

    		 macOS 10.15+
    Linux

    iPadOS

    		 iOS Android
    ASP.NET WebForms (WebViewer) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
    JS Viewer, WebDesigner ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
    ASP.NET Core Blazor (Viewer, Designer) ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

     

    1 Requires IIS 10. Also read the following links:

    2 Install .NET on macOS
    3 Install .NET on Linux

     

    Cloud

    Framework
    .NET Framework 4.7.2 to 4.8.1 .NET 8, .NET 9
    Azure Functions (Linux) 2 ✗ ✓
    Azure Functions (Windows) ✓ 1 ✓
    Azure App Service (Linux) 2 ✗ ✓
    Azure App Service (Windows) ✓ 1 ✓
    Azure WMs (Linux) ✗ ✓
    Azure WMs (Windows) ✓ ✓
    Amazon ES2 (Linux) ✗ ✓
    Amazon ES2 (Windows) ✓ ✓
    Google Compute Engine (Linux) ✗ ✓
    Red Hat OpenShift (Linux) 2 ✗ ✓

    1 Azure Functions and App Services support only .NET Framework 4.8
    2 Page/RDLX reports support only

    Limitations of .NET Core support