In VS 2019, I frequently created new projects with the following templates: ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework) C# Report Server Project But I don't see those two templates in VS 2022. Did I miss something when installing 2022?

Yes, these older templates and workflows are now not installed by default. If you think about this, we have near what, 20+ years of templates? Visual Studio is simply an amazing tool, but it also has oh so many features, that now by default, not all of the workflows for say webforms is installed by default. However, they are all still available. Tools->get tools and features. You want to check/install these workflows: I would check all the ones I have in above, but the "Additional project templates (Previous versions)" I point out in above is the most critical one you require. However, I would check most of what I have above.

Well, I finally have everything I need. Do I understand it? No. I installed SSRS report service extension as explained above, but when I typed "Report" in the available templates search bar, nothing came up. for reports. However, 24 hours later, I searched again and I get lots of results. Also, I noticed that I can't simply open a existing VS 2019 SSRS solution in 2022 - I have to recreate it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but all I get is incompatible messages. How can that be? But okay, I'll recreate them!

I'm missing a few project templates in VS 2022

Coreysan 1,806

In VS 2019, I frequently created new projects with the following templates:

ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework) C#
Report Server Project

But I don't see those two templates in VS 2022. Did I miss something when installing 2022?

SurferOnWww 3,906 Reputation points

2025-02-18T22:44:43.5933333+00:00
Do you mean:

Template for Web Site Project of ASP.NET Web Forms app

ReportViewer control 15.0.0.0 in toolbox of Visual Studio?

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Albert Kallal 5,496 Reputation points

2025-02-17T20:39:21.2166667+00:00

Yes, these older templates and workflows are now not installed by default. If you think about this, we have near what, 20+ years of templates? Visual Studio is simply an amazing tool, but it also has oh so many features, that now by default, not all of the workflows for say webforms is installed by default.

However, they are all still available.

Tools->get tools and features.

You want to check/install these workflows:

I would check all the ones I have in above, but the "Additional project templates (Previous versions)" I point out in above is the most critical one you require. However, I would check most of what I have above.
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Coreysan 1,806 Reputation points

2025-02-18T16:38:50.8366667+00:00

Thanks so much! That's exactly what I was looking for!

Coreysan 1,806 Reputation points

2025-02-18T20:45:21.1866667+00:00

I checked off all the recommended optional packages, but alas, I still cannot find

templates for the 2 listed above.

I did use Extension Manager, and downloaded what looks like a package for the SSRS report designer, so I'll try that.

But Im still not seeing "ASP.NET Application". Should I look for a different template? I'm interested in opening a new project, make it empty, and then add Web Forms as needed.

Albert Kallal 5,496 Reputation points

2025-02-18T21:32:52.49+00:00

Hum, the list of options I checked off and show in that screen cap?

that should suffice here.

when I go to create a new template in vs2022, then I now see this:

Now, I filtered above to vb.net, but if I filter to c#, then I see the above 3 same templates. (but, there are even more c# templates).

So, it not clear what option you are missing, but the templates should be avaliable.

So, of course this would have been selected also:

So, something is missing in your install and setup. I can 100% confirm that all of these older templates are available, and are still supported in vs2022.

However, report server project?

I see these, and hopefully they are what you are looking for:

So, something is messed up with your install. I would consider a re-install, but as noted, the templates should exist.

Coreysan 1,806 Reputation points

2025-02-19T18:27:49.3066667+00:00

Thanks for your help! I finally have access to templates for ASP.Net web forms. Thank you!

Now SSRS Reports is a different thing. I have hundreds of SSRS solutions created with VS 2019, but when I attempt to open them with VS 2022, I just get incompatibility messages.

I followed their messages, and downloaded a VSIX file from Extensions Manager for Report Services 2022, but that install accomplished nothing at all.

I also checked the VS Toolbox for ReportViewer. That's confusing. What kind of solution or project would I create in order to access Toolbox? I assumed I could just open an SSRS solution, but again, it's incompatible.

Any thoughts?

Albert Kallal 5,496 Reputation points

2025-02-21T05:48:21.0333333+00:00

If they are client based RDL reports? And they worked in previous versions of vb.net?

Then you of course want to select the RDL designer (it is checked in my previous screen shot - right near the bottom of the selected items (not in the asp.net tree). Next up you need to install the nuget package (reporting) for this to work.

So, quite sure the above "winforms" reporting services has to be installed into the given project (with NuGet). It's been years since I done this with winforms, but I have recently used the WebForms version, and it did work fine in vs2022.
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Coreysan 1,806 Reputation points

2025-02-20T17:09:08.5833333+00:00

Well, I finally have everything I need. Do I understand it? No.

I installed SSRS report service extension as explained above, but when I typed "Report" in the available templates search bar, nothing came up. for reports.

However, 24 hours later, I searched again and I get lots of results.

Also, I noticed that I can't simply open a existing VS 2019 SSRS solution in 2022 - I have to recreate it.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but all I get is incompatible messages. How can that be? But okay, I'll recreate them!
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Albert Kallal 5,496 Reputation points

2025-02-24T17:22:15.8766667+00:00

You have to install the same versions of the report viewer control and libraries. I don't know if they are available in Nuget, but installing the report viewer parts are required. You could I suppose make references to the same .dll's the 2019 is using for the reportviewer control and libraries. So, Nuget will install the viewer control and libraries you require to build reports. I thought the newer viewer (I believe it is 15.xxx version) should be able to open the older reports. However, as noted, you could remove the references to the reportViewer control and libraries, and then add references to the .dll's being used in 2019. (check the version(s) you using in 2019).
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