How to open RDLC in Design mode

Question

In my project i have created .rdlc file in xml formate, i want to see my report but it\'s not showing in design view. How can i get this?

Can any one please help me

Answer 1

If your .RDLC is opening as XML in Visual Studio by default, then you would need to install the correct version of RDLC Designer extension for Visual Studio. You can compare which ReportViewer version you are using by looking at the tag where you are including report viewer control on the web page.

For example for Version 14.0.0.0, you can download the correct extension from Visual Studio Marketplace a link provided below which matches with Report Viewer version 14.0.0.0 and Visual Studio 2017

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ProBITools.MicrosoftRdlcReportDesignerforVisualStudio-18001