VS2003 - Metafile Crystal could not be opened

Question

I'm working in a VS 2003 Application with .NET 2.0. I dont know how to fix this erro bellow:

Metadata file 'c:...\\CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll' could not be opened -- 'Version 2.0 is not a compatible version.'

i have version 13.0.2000.0 of Crystal instaled.

Answer 1

It sounds like the version of Crystal Reports that you are using 13.0.2000.0 simply isn't supported in .NET 2.0 or Visual Studio 2003.

Based on this support chart it looks like Visual Studio 2012 would be the earliest version that supports 13.0.2000.0 , whereas support for Visual Studio 2003 ended with 12.0.1100.0 .

You can download Visual Studio 2010 here or if you want the latest version of the IDE, you can download Visual Studio Community Edition 2015 here .