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Unable to view report layout from the dev environment

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I'm working on a NAV 2013 environment and attempting to view the layout of a report object to get this error:


"An error occurred when opening the report designer. A support version of Visual Studio could not be found"



NAV 2013 R2 Version 7.10.43391



I've got Visual Studio 2017. I'm assuming I need to grab an earlier version of VS but I'd rather add specific redistributables or bits and pieces if I can avoid a whole alternate version of Visual Studio.

I looked at enabling "Use Report Builder" by setting the options to Yes under Tools -> Options -> Use Report Builder


But then I get this message:

"It is not possible to edit the layout with the report designer. Detailed description: Illegal characters in path."


Insight appreciated as always thanks!

duplicate dynamicsuser post: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/f/developers/94324/view-layout---missing-supported-version-of-visual-studio
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uplicate mibuso post: https://forum.mibuso.com/discussion/70537/view-layout-missing-supported-version-of-visual-studio/p1?new=1

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    Anna Nancy Profile Picture
    15 on at
    RE: Unable to view report layout from the dev environment

    I had a similar error. What I did was to install Visual Studio 2012 and then disabled 'use report builder' by setting the option to No under tools >Options > Use Report Builder. I then tried to view Layout and it opened well.

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    Alexander Ermakov Profile Picture
    28,094 on at

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