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Adam West
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
261 Posts |
 Posted - 2009-08-25 : 09:51:55
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| I was told by our network person that we don't have the Professional nor the Standard version of VS 2005.But something like 'it comes with SQL Server' but doesn't have the ASP .net components or tools or capabilities. What then is this called that which we have?this is the version:Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0 50727.762 SP 050727-7600Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 SP2 |
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JCirocco
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
392 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 10:05:44
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| We are using the BI Development Studio which is what I was told was included with SQL/Server. The ReportManager interface is build on ASP.net. The server needs to have the .NET framework installed and ASP.NET support must be enabled in IIS. |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
5072 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 10:06:50
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| it's called BIDS -- Business Intelligence Development Studio.It's for writing SSIS packages mostly. As stated in your other post, this is not the same as what your developers will need to use. |
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JCirocco
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
392 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 10:06:51
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| Oh, and the BI Dev Studio is just a scaled down Visual Studio. |
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Adam West
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
261 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 10:50:58
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| OK but it does state "Visual Studio".So that is in fact the case, we cannot do, ASP .net development, in this version of Visual Studio?I am sorry for the simple questions, but this is all new to me, and I don't want to display my ignorance too much. |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
5072 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 11:08:33
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| LOLyou could do it with that, but it wouldn't be very productive. You're developers are really going to need at least Standard Edition to do any real development work |
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JCirocco
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
392 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 11:13:01
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| russel,Help me out here... Understand all I am doing is creating RDL, Shared Data sources, MDX and deploying to a report server. I have been using this for about 2 months and it works fine. Are there benefits to using full blown dev studio. I am doing no VB or C# devJohn"Just don't tell me what I can't do!" |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
5072 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 13:23:00
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| JCirocco, for what you're doing, you'll be fine.For what Adam's guys need to do, they'll need full blown visual studio. |
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JCirocco
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
392 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 13:47:30
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| Ah, I see now. Yes, I am only doing reporting and related itemsJohn"Just don't tell me what I can't do!" |
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Adam West
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
261 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-25 : 13:47:38
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| Russel, IOW, you are saying that in order to utilize Reports on Reporting Manager, you must do your development in V/S; it is not possible to use any other tool or languages.Russel, could you expand on your statement of the last email? Why is there no alternative for getting the full blown VS? |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
5072 Posts |
Posted - 2009-08-26 : 11:16:13
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| There are alternatives, but for doing application develpoment, you'll want the tools that come with Visual Studio .Net -- at least if you're doing application development in a Microsoft environment.Application developers will need, among other things, the form designer and all the ActiveX controls that come along with VS.Net.Report developers on the other hand, don't need all that stuff and will be fine with BIDS.Now, technically, even if you're writing C# or VB.Net code for a windows app, or web app you could get by without VS.Net, heck, you could use notepad or your favorite text editor to do it, but that's kind of like building a house without using power tools. |
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What is the version of Visual Studio that we have?