To install and use ActiveReports 16, you need the following hardware and software. 

Hardware requirements (minimum)

• Hard drive space: 200 MB available

Development Environments

¹ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tutorials/with-visual-studio
² .NET 5
³ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-your-first-function-visual-studio
⁴ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows

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

Developer Pack for .NET Framework 4.6.2 or above

TypeScript Plugin for VS2017/VS2019

Run Time Supported Environments

 

Console and Desktop

¹ .NET on macOS - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/macos
² .NET on Linux distributions - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux
³ libgdiplus with some configuration recommendations - see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/core-libraries/6.0/system-drawing-common-windows-only#recommended-action

 

Web

*1: requires IIS 8, 8.5, 10, or https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/?view=aspnetcore-6.0&tabs=windows
*2: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/macos
*3: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux
*4: Section reports require installed libgdiplus, which may require some configuration: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/core-libraries/6.0/system-drawing-common-windows-only#recommended-action

 

Cloud

¹ Azure Functions and App Services support only .NET 4.8
² Azure Functions and App Services support only .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 6
³ Red Hat OpenShift provides only .NET Core 3.1 support
⁴ Page/RDL reports support only
⁵ Section reports require installed libgdiplus, which may require some configuration - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/core-libraries/6.0/system-drawing-common-windows-only#recommended-action

Limitations of .NET Core support:

• You need to specify encodings before using ActiveReports with ASP.NET Core MVC. See Troubleshooting for detais.
• While working with Section reports with scripts in WinForms Viewer, WPF Viewer, and Windows Designer components in .NET Core applications, it is mandatory to install 'System.Text.Encoding.CodePages' nuget package and update the Program.cs file accordingly. Otherwise 'System.NotSupportedException' is thrown on previewing the report. See Troubleshooting for details.