The CTPs of VS2010 I’ve seen so far do not support (generate) the most recent version of RDL as exposed in SQL Server 2008 (R2). Yes, VS2010 now generates what I call 2nd generation (2008) RDL which is a step in the right direction, but it took two years to get this fixed. Because of this, Visual Studio 2008 was out of sync with the current RDL version for 90% of its lifetime.
I have just heard from Stella Chan (Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services) that VS2010 ReportViewer control is not designed to work with the current version of RDL in local mode. IMHO it never will be—not as long as the SQL Server team and the Visual Studio teams don’t keep their products in sync any better than they have in the past. I don’t expect the ReportViewer control to work with 3rd generation (2010) RDLc until 2012 (the next release of Visual Studio). By then there will doubtless be a new and improved version of RDL in the wings about to be released that it can’t use for another two years.
If you think this is just wrong vote for the bug I’ve logged in Connect (524610) (if you can find it)…
Sigh.
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