Custom Data Extension - Designer Extension Could Not Be Loaded

Hi All,

I've managed (finally) to get a Custom Data Extension to work in Reporting Services 2005. The next problem I have is that whenever I click on the "data" tab when creating a report (from Visual Studio 2005) an error appears: "The designer extension <ext name> could not be loaded. Check the configuration file RsReportDesigner.config".

Is there some way of getting rid of this error message? Such as creating a designer, if so does anyone know how (I don't need the designer to do anything, just not crash)? I can still modify the data for the report etc its just annoying that's all.

Cheers,

Dan.

Make sure that you have your data extension registered in the
RSReportDesigner.config file, located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\. Also, to use the generic query designer, be sure to add the following line to the <Designer> element of the config file (changed to use the name of your data extension).

<Extension Name="DataExtrensionName" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.QueryDesigners.GenericQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingServices.QueryDesigners"/>

Ian|||

Hi Ian,

Thanks for the quick reply that worked a treat! Nice one.

I'm guessing there is a way to create your own designers? I'll look into the QueryDesigners namespace and have a poke about :-)

Thanks again,

Dan.