Migrate to Classic Report Designer application

To migrate an ASP.NET Web Forms Report Designer application from Syncfusion^® Essential Studio to the classic Bold Reports^® Report Designer, replace the old scripts, styles, assemblies, packages and control tags with the Bold Reports^® ones. Bold Reports^® introduces new client-side and server-side assemblies to resolve the compatibility problem between Essential Studio Report Designer versions, with changes in both the Web API service and the client-side scripts.

Use these steps to migrate from Syncfusion^® Essential Studio release to Bold Reports^® version lesser than v5.2.xx

The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for migrating the Report Designer from Syncfusion^® Essential Studio release version to Bold Reports^® version of ASP.NET Web Forms Report Designer application.

Scripts

Old Scripts	New Scripts	Description
`ej.web.all.min.js`	`bold.reports.common.min.js` `bold.reports.widgets.min.js` `bold.report-designer-widgets.min.js` `ej.chart.min.js` `ej2-base.min.js` `ej2-data.min.js` `ej2-pdf-export.min.js` `ej2-svg-base.min.js` `ej2-lineargauge.min.js` `ej2-circulargauge.min.js` `ej2-maps.min.js` `bold.report-viewer.min.js`	We have removed the dependency scripts for report designer from existing ej.web.all.min.js script and provided the dependency scripts as follows: `bold.reports.common.min.js` - Common script for reporting widgets. `bold.reports.widgets.min.js` - It contains the scripts of dependent controls that are common for both Report Designer and Report Viewer. `bold.report-designer-widgets.min.js` - It contains the scripts of Report Designer dependent controls. `ej.chart.min.js` - Renders the chart item. Add this script only if your report contains the chart report item. `ej2-base.min.js` - Renders the gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the gauge report item. `ej2-data.min.js` - Renders the gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the gauge report item. `ej2-pdf-export.min.js` - Renders the gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the gauge report item. `ej2-svg-base.min.js` - Renders the gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the gauge report item. `ej2-lineargauge.min.js` - Renders the linear gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the linear gauge report item. `ej2-circulargauge.min.js` - Renders the circular gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the circular gauge report item. `ej2-maps.min.js` - Renders the map item. Add this script only if your report contains the map report item. `bold.report-viewer.min.js` - Previews the reports designed with Report Designer.
`ej.reportdesigner.min.js`	`bold.report-designer.min.js`	Renamed the report designer script file. It renders the Bold Reports^® Report Designer widget.

Styles

Old Scripts	New Scripts	Description
`ej.web.all.min.css`	`bold.reports.all.min.css`	We have removed the dependent controls styles for report designer from existing ej.web.all.min.css script and provided the dependent controls styles as bold.reports.all.min.css.

Remove the old scripts and styles references from existing application, then add the new scripts and styles references based on the preceding script name changes.

Assemblies

Purpose	Old Assemblies	New Assemblies	Description
Base Assemblies	`Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer.dll` `Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner.dll`	`BoldReports.Web.dll`	The Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer.dll and Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner.dll assemblies have been combined as BoldReports.Web.dll.
ASP.NET Web Forms Helper Assemblies	`Syncfusion.EJ.dll` `Syncfusion.EJ.Web.dll`	`BoldReports.WebForms.dll`	The Syncfusion.EJ.dll and Syncfusion.EJ.Web.dll assemblies have been combined as BoldReports.WebForms.dll.

Packages

Purpose	Old Packages	New Packages
Server Side Helper	`Syncfusion.ReportDesigner.AspNet` `Syncfusion.ReportViewer.AspNet`	`BoldReports.Web`
Control	`Syncfusion.AspNet`	`BoldReports.WebForms`

Register tag prefix in Web.config file

The ASP.NET webforms reporting components tag prefix has been changed from ej to SF. Open the Web.config file and add the BoldReports.WebForms assembly reference to the <system.web.pages.controls> element with SF tag prefix.

Old code snippet	New code snippet
`<configuration> .... .... <system.web> .... .... <pages> <controls> .... .... <add assembly="Syncfusion.EJ.Web" namespace="Syncfusion.EJ.Web" tagPrefix="EJ"/> </controls> </pages> </system.web> .... .... </configuration>`	`<configuration> .... .... <system.web> .... .... <pages> <controls> .... .... <add assembly="BoldReports.WebForms" namespace="BoldReports.WebForms" tagPrefix="Bold"/> </controls> </pages> </system.web> .... .... </configuration>`

Namespace changes

Assembly Name	Old Namespace	New Namespace
`BoldReports.Web.dll`	`Syncfusion.Reports.EJ`	`BoldReports.Web`
	`Syncfusion.EJ.ReportWriter`	`BoldReports.Writer`
	`Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer`	`BoldReports.Web.ReportViewer`
	`Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner`	`BoldReports.Web.ReportDesigner`
	`Syncfusion.Reports.EJ.Data`	`BoldReports.Data`
	`Syncfusion.Reporting`	`BoldReports.Configuration`
	`Syncfusion.EJ.RDL.ServerProcessor`	`BoldReports.ServerProcessor`

Based on the preceding assembly and namespace changes, modify the Report Designer Web API Controller in your application.

Control initialization

Old code snippet	New code snippet
`<ej:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer">` `</ej:ReportDesigner>`	`<Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"> </Bold:ReportDesigner>`

Report export configuration

The BoldReports.Web assembly can export the reports with data visualization components such as chart, gauge, and map, only if we configure the web scripts in Report Designer Web API controller. To configure the scripts in Web API controller, refer to the following steps:

Open the Report Designer Web API controller.
Configure the following scripts and styles in OnInitReportOptions on Web API controller:
- jquery-1.7.1.min.js
- bold.reports.common.min.js
- bold.reports.widgets.min.js
- ej.chart.min.js - Exports the chart item. Add this script only if your report contains the chart report item.
- ej2-base.min.js, ej2-data.min.js, ej2-pdf-export.min.js, ej2-svg-base.min.js, ej2-lineargauge.min.js and ej2-circulargauge.min.js - Exports the gauge item. Add this script only if your report contains the gauge report item.
- ej2-maps.min.js - Exports the map item. Add this script only if your report contains the map report item.
- bold.report-viewer.min.js

You can replace the OnInitReportOptions action in Report Designer Web API controller using the following code snippet:

[NonAction]
public void OnInitReportOptions(ReportViewerOptions reportOption)
{
    var resourcesPath = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/Scripts");

    reportOption.ReportModel.ExportResources.Scripts = new List<string>
    {
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\bold.reports.common.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\bold.reports.widgets.min.js",
        //Chart component script
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\data-visualization\ej.chart.min.js",
        //Gauge component scripts
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\ej2-base.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\ej2-data.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\ej2-pdf-export.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\common\ej2-svg-base.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\data-visualization\ej2-lineargauge.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\data-visualization\ej2-circulargauge.min.js",
        //Map component script
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\data-visualization\ej2-maps.min.js",
        //Report Designer Script
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\data-visualization\ej.chart.min.js",
        resourcesPath + @"\bold-reports\bold.report-viewer.min.js"
    };

    reportOption.ReportModel.ExportResources.DependentScripts = new List<string>
    {
        resourcesPath + @"\jquery-1.7.1.min.js"
    };
}

The data visualization components will not export without the preceding script configurations.