To install and use ActiveReports 13, you need the following hardware and software.

Hardware requirements (minimum)

• Hard drive space: 200 MB available

Development Environments

Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET Applications, HTML5 Viewer, JavaScript library

• Operating System:
  Windows 7, 8.1, or 10, or
  Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019
• Microsoft Visual Studio: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019
• Internet Information Services 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 10
  

  Note:

  The Express Editions of Visual Studio do not work with ActiveReports, as they do not support packages.

You are required to perform following updates from the links provided for proper working in Visual Studio.

Developer Pack for .NET Framework 4.6.2 or above

https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/visual-studio-sdks

NuGet Package

• for VS2012
  https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NuGetTeam.NuGetPackageManager
• for VS2013
  https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NuGetTeam.NuGetPackageManagerforVisualStudio2013
• for VS2015
  https://dist.nuget.org/visualstudio-2015-vsix/latest/NuGet.Tools.vsix

Visual Studio Update Packages

• update 5 for VS2012
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3072098/visual-studio-2012-update-5
• update 5 for VS2013
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2013-update5-vs    
• Update 3 for VS2015
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2015-update3-vs
• update 3 and KB3165756 for VS2015
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/mt752379(v=vs.140)
• version 15.9 for VS2017
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes
• version 16.1 for VS2019
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes#16.1.0

TypeScript Plugin

Download latest TypeScript plugin (required for Angular applications)

• For VS2015
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48593
• For VS2017/VS2019
  https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/releases

Run Time Supported Environments

Windows Forms and WPF

• Microsoft® .NET Framework Version: 4.6.2 and above
• Operating System:
  Windows 7(SP1), 8.1, or 10, or
  Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019

Web Development

ASP.NET Application, HTML5 Viewer, JavaScript Viewer, ActiveReports Web Designer 

• Server
  • Microsoft® .NET Framework Version: 4.6.2 and above
  • Operating System:
    Windows 7(SP1), 8.1, or 10, or
    Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019
  • Internet Information Services 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 10
• Client
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
  • Google Chrome 50 and higher
  • Mozilla Firefox 57 and higher
  • Mobile Safari (iOS10.0.3 and higher)