Crystal Report for Visual Studio Error CS0433

In Programming Tags #crystal-reports #visual-studio Published 3/6/2012

Error Message:

CS0433: The type 'CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalReportViewer' exists in both 'c:WindowsassemblyGAC_MSILCrystalDecisions.Web10.5.3700.0__692fbea5521e1304CrystalDecisions.Web.dll' and 'c:WindowsassemblyGAC_MSILCrystalDecisions.Web13.0.2000.0__692fbea5521e1304CrystalDecisions.Web.dll'

Summary:

You will likely receive this error when you have both Crystal Reports 2008 and Crystal Reports 2010 installed. When you add the Crystal Reports controls to your ASP.NET page Visual Studio gets confused on the references it adds. In your web.config file it will add a set of refernces (some to the 2008 libraries, some to the 2010 libraries). Also, in your aspx page it will add a control reference that points to the old library.

Solution:

The solution is to fix the references so that they register the version of the Crystal libraries that you want. I will show you what they should be for both the 2008 and the 2010 versions.

For Crystal Reports 2008:

In the aspx page you will want the following control reference:

<%@ Register Assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"
Namespace="CrystalDecisions.Web" TagPrefix="CR" %>

In the web.config, I just updated any reference that Crystal Reports automatically added to use the older copies of the assemblies:

<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />

In the web.config you will also want to make sure only the correct handler is setup for 2008:

<add verb="GET" path="CrystalImageHandler.aspx" type="CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalImageHandler, CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304" />

For Crystal Reports 2010:

In the aspx page you will want the following control reference:

<%@ Register Assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"
Namespace="CrystalDecisions.Web" TagPrefix="CR" %>

In the web.config, I just updated any reference to CrystalReports that was automatically added to use the newer copies of the assemblies:

<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >
<add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" >

In the web.config you will also want to make sure only the correct handler is setup for 2010:

<add verb="GET" path="CrystalImageHandler.aspx" type="CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalImageHandler, CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304" />

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