Hello and thanks to all who read and reply to this post. I had posted the following question in the MSDN forums but was redirected to the forums here as my question was more oriented towards crystal reports (CR) than VS 2010
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I have recreated several reports in Visual Studio (VS) 2010 from premade ones in Crystal Reports (CR) 2008. This was mostly done for my own learning, but also so I could experiment with the Integrated Report Designer (IRD) which ended up working very well.
The problem I have is when it comes to deployment. Other than what I've done with a few forms from VB Express 2008, I have no experience with web deployment. Initially I published the reports to a file system and then copied the files to the IIS directory (C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/crystalreportviewers115). I moved the web.config file to the previous level (I believe this was some of the forums suggested) and recieved an error when trying to run the report in the browser (http://localhost/crystalreportviewer115/REPORTNAME.aspx):
Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'. Note that attribute names are case sensitive.
Source Error:
Line 12: </connectionStrings>
Line 13: <system.web>
Line 14: <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.0">
Line 15: <assemblies>
Line 15: <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\web.config Line: 14
I decided to try the web deploy method for the report and added the service URL (C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/crystalreportviewers115). However, I'm not sure what they're asking for in Site/application box. I made sure to check off the box "Mark as IIS application on destination" but other than this, I'm stuck.
Again I do apologize if this question is pretty elementary for most users, but I haven't done this before. I did extensive searches online and through some of the forums for an answer, but seemed to have gotten more confused. I am looking to learn how to do this myself so if there are any good book recommendations on this subject I would be greatful for those as well.
Again thanks to everyone who takes the time to read and respond.
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As I mentioned in the post, I have very basic knowledge of the deployment part. I did search several other discussions in these forums for help on this matter before posting this question, but found no answer. I did like/bookmark a few of them as they did provide useful tips for any other issues that may crop up in the near future.
Again, thanks to all who read and respond to this.