Why can't I see Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms version 10.0.0.0 in “Add Reference…” dialog?

Question

I have a VS2008 Reporting Services project (database: SQL Server 2008 RC2). This project has been updated from VS2005/SQL2005.

I need to update the Report Viewer co

Answer 1

OK, found a solution: Apparently VS2008 combined with ReportViewer2010 requires a little handy-work:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/changliw/archive/2010/06/29/use-the-reportviewer-2010-control-in-visual-studio-2008-project.aspx

After I extracted the assembly DLLs from the GAC, I could add them to the 'Add reference...' dialog as described here:

http://www.csharp411.com/adding-assemblies-to-the-visual-studio-add-reference-dialog/

I hope this'll help another distressed soul! ;)

/Alex