Installing RDLC Report in Visual Studio Community Edition 2017

RDLC is a powerfull reporting tools by Miscrosoft that we can use with Visual Studio Community Edition.  And this time I'll show you how to install it in 2017 version.

1. Open Visual Studio then clik Tools menu -> Extension and Updates ...

2. An "Extension and Updates" Dialog will comes up, choose Online on the left part, then Search by RDLC keyword on the top right searching box. We'll see "Microsoft RDLC Report Designer" and  the Download button. Click Download.

3. Wait for its progress.

4. Finished, we'll see a warning text to close  the Visual Studio first. So I closed this dialog and visual studio to continue the installation  process.

5. Immediately after that, a Form Dialog VSIX Installer will appear. Click Modify. 

6. Wait until finished and it shows this below dialog. Click close.

7. Re-open Visual Studio and create a new project or open existing. To add RDLC report, right click node project in solution explorer -> Add -> New Item...

8. Scroll and find Report and Report Wizard that can be used to create a report.

9. For example I choose Report, then click Add. An RDLC report is added and ready to be designed. 

After this you still need to add report viewer. Let's talk about it later.

That's it for now, I hope you learn something and happy coding ^_^v

See also my video!