For Visual Studio 2010 — Crystal Reports

Right-click your project in Solution Explorer -> Add New Item -> Select DataSet (an .xsd file). Create a blank Data Table and add columns matching your database schema.

Reopen Visual Studio. You will now see the CrystalReportViewer control inside the "Reporting" tab of your Toolbox. 📈 Step-by-Step: Creating a Basic Report

Ensure your project in Visual Studio targets the full .NET Framework 4 and not the ".NET Framework 4 Client Profile". crystal reports for visual studio 2010

Right-click project -> Add New Item -> Select Crystal Reports . This creates an .rpt file.

Drag a CrystalReportViewer control onto your Windows Form or Web Form ( .aspx ). Right-click your project in Solution Explorer -> Add

Ensure all instances of Visual Studio are completely closed.

The developer version remains entirely free for building desktop and internal web applications. You will now see the CrystalReportViewer control inside

Follow this workflow to rapidly construct your first data-driven report: