Migrate Report Viewer application

In our Bold Reports® new assemblies are introduced for both client and server-side to resolve the compatibility problem between Essential Studio Report Viewer versions.

This section provides step-by-step instructions for migrating Report Viewer from Syncfusion® Essential Studio release version to Bold Reports® version of WPF Report Viewer application:

Client-side migration

  1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the References and remove the following assembly references:

    • Syncfusion.ReportControls.Wpf
    • Syncfusion.ReportViewer.Wpf
    • Syncfusion.ReportWriter.Base

  2. Add the assembly from the Bold Reporting NuGet package BoldReports.Wpf. To add from NuGet, right-click the project or solution in the Solution Explorer tab, and choose Manage NuGet Packages. Search for BoldReports.Wpf NuGet package, and install in your application.

Refer to the NuGet Packages section to learn more details about installing and configuring Report Viewer NuGet packages.

Control initialization

  1. Open the MainWindow.xaml file and remove the following namespace in your XAML page.

    xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"

  2. Add the following namespace in your XAML page.

    xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:BoldReports.UI.Xaml;assembly=BoldReports.Wpf"