Symptoms: The ReportAssembly project does not convert to Visual Studio 2005.

Cause: Because of the changes Microsoft has made to the way Web projects are handled in Visual Studio 2005 several known conversion issues exist that impact upgrading ActiveReports Web projects created with Visual Studio 2003. Among these are the following:

• The report code files are moved to the Reports Directory under the App_Code folder, but an App_GlobalResources folder is not created and the required resx files are not placed in that location.
• Microsoft has changed the class that reads the resources. In order for the ActiveReports designer to modify the code file with the correct method to read the resources, the report must be dirtied.

Solution: In order to rectify these issues and complete the upgrade process, please take the following steps:

1. In Windows Explorer, create an App_GlobalResources folder under the main project folder.
2. Copy all of the resx files from the Reports folder to the new App_GlobalResources folder.
3. In Visual Studio's Solution Explorer, right-click the report and select View Designer.
4. Dirty the report by changing a property value in the Properties window and then changing it back to the orginal value.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with all of the reports in your project.
6. Build the project.

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