I have installed
- SQL Server 2008 original version with SP1 and the Business Intelligence Development Studio
- Visual Studio 2008 with SP1.
I am told that Reporting Services 2008 is part of the Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008,
however when I try to open my Reporting Services 2008 .rptproj files with Visual Studio 2008, they will not open.
The error message is:

'C:\vs2008\CWReportsVS2008\CWReportsVS2008\CWReportsVS2008.rptproj' cannot be opened because its project type (.rptproj) is not supported by this version of the application.
To open it, please use a version that supports this type of project.

My VS 2008 cofiguration is:

SQL Server Reporting Services  
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Designers Version 10.0.2531.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Version 9.0.30729.4462 QFE Installed Edition: Enterprise
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, C# 2008, C++ 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Office
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008
Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer - ENU Service Pack 1
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition - ENU Service Pack 1
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Designer
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Designer
various hot fixes
various security updates
various team foundation updates

My computer configuration is:

Windows XP, Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3

My SQL Server Configuration is:

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 10.0.2531.0
Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 10.0.1600.22
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 3.85.1132
Microsoft MSXML 2.6 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.50727.3615
Operating System 5.1.2600

Is there something I haven't installed yet?

 

Hi,

This issue might be caused because your VS2008 did not yet install BIDS report project. So, please open the New Project dialogue to check if there is Business Intelligence Development Studio component in the Project Types pane in your vs 2008. If it is not there, install this component (can from the SQL server intallation client tools) so that you can open Reporting Services 2008 .rptproj files in the VS2008.

thanks,
Jerry

• Marked as answer by Jerry NeeModerator Monday, September 27, 2010 1:13 AM

It also helps if you match the SQL version to the Visual Studio version. Visual Studio 2008 did not accept the BIDS from SQL server 2014 management studio.  I had to find a SQL 2008 installation package to get the BIDS for 2008.

But I would not have thought to check that if I had not read this article.  It helped very much.