ActiveReports 14 can be installed and used on the same machine in which other older versions of ActiveReports for .NET (except ActiveReports 13) have been installed.

Compatibility of ActiveReports designer with Visual Studio

ActiveReports designer of different versions can be used by integrating the designer with Visual Studio IDE (Integrated development environment). The following table shows the Visual Studio versions corresponding to the ActiveReports designer versions that are supported.

	VS .NET 2002	VS .NET 2003	VS 2005	VS 2008	VS 2010	VS 2012	VS 2013	VS 2015	VS 2017	VS 2019
ActiveReports 1	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
ActiveReports 2	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
ActiveReports 3	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
ActiveReports 6	×	×	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×
ActiveReports 7	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×
ActiveReports 8	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×
ActiveReports 9	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×
ActiveReports 10	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×
ActiveReports 11	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	○	×
ActiveReports 12	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○ (VS SP2+)	×
ActiveReports 13	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○ (VS SP2+)	○
ActiveReports 14	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○ (VS SP2+)	○

To switch the designers of versions prior to ActiveReports 14, use the switcher tool. See ActiveReports 13 help file for more information.