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I have just opened up a project that contains SSRs reports and yet I am unable to view them in Design Mode. When I click on them, only the XMLS appear and I am not sure how to resolve this in VS 2012 ?
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You can force open it by Right click on RDL file and click on View Designer to see the RDL in design mode.
So, I have to check out the RDL file in the Source Control Explorer window, then pull up Windows Explorer, find the correct folder, and then double-click on the file to open it in Report Builder (which is the default association for RDL files on my system).
In a version of Visual Studio that includes SQL Server Report Services, create a new Report Server Project.
In the new Report Server Project, right-click the project node in the Solution Explorer and choose "Add" > "Existing Item...". Then browse to and select the RDL file. Once it is in a Report Server Project, you can right-click the report and choose "View Designer" to see it in Design View. By default, it ought to open in Design View anyway.
If the file is not part of a Report Server Project, you'll only be able to view the XML text. Depending upon the Version of Visual Studio you may (or may not) get XML highlighting and intellisense.
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Rename report as '.rdlc' it will open in design mode in Visual studio 2012
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