"Al" <Al@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF163B30-8423-4F02-8B09-FC9C50D6A070@microsoft.com...
> Two crystal reports developers are about to join me writing reports for
> Reporting Services. Neither has used RS before and I don't believe either
> has ever used Visual Studio.
>
> I am concerned about what will happen when they build/deploy a project.
> Will we end up with multiple unwanted folders and data sources? I thought
> maybe we could all use copies of the same solution but I also want to use
> SourceSafe and i dont want to worry about checking different versions in
> on
> top of each other.
>
> I would really like something like Visual InterDev 6 where multiple
> developers connect their own solutions to a web application and all of the
> resources are visible (asp, html, css, js, jpeg, gif, etc..) Is there a
> good
> way to do this with the Report Designer?
>
> Any thoughts or links regarding multi-developer coordination issues would
> be
> greatly appreciated.

"Al" wrote:

> Is it possible for the Report Designer to "download" or otherwise learn about
> the available shared data sources or is the only way to add the *.RDL file to
> the project?
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS: Sorry for all the duplicates, I goofed up while trying to sign up for
> passport at the same time as writing my question.
>
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > I always use shared data sources. Once a shared data source is deployed it
> > is not overwritten unless you explicitly do so. When you deploy it will try
> > to deploy the data source, see that one is there and just give you a warning
> > that it was not deployed.
> >
> > If you decide on the folder structure and name your projects the same, then
> > you should not have a problem (as long as you don't name the reports the
> > same.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > "Al" <Al@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EF163B30-8423-4F02-8B09-FC9C50D6A070@microsoft.com...
> > > Two crystal reports developers are about to join me writing reports for
> > > Reporting Services. Neither has used RS before and I don't believe either
> > > has ever used Visual Studio.
> > >
> > > I am concerned about what will happen when they build/deploy a project.
> > > Will we end up with multiple unwanted folders and data sources? I thought
> > > maybe we could all use copies of the same solution but I also want to use
> > > SourceSafe and i dont want to worry about checking different versions in
> > > on
> > > top of each other.
> > >
> > > I would really like something like Visual InterDev 6 where multiple
> > > developers connect their own solutions to a web application and all of the
> > > resources are visible (asp, html, css, js, jpeg, gif, etc..) Is there a
> > > good
> > > way to do this with the Report Designer?
> > >
> > > Any thoughts or links regarding multi-developer coordination issues would
> > > be
> > > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >