Folks, after many months absence from the subject I have returned to the task of writing some SQL 2008 R2 server-side reports. I previously had to perform the onerous task of uninstalling SQL Server 2008 from my server then reinstalling SQL Server with Advanced Tools so I could get BIDS to write reports. I was fascinated to find that BIDS is actually a stripped-down version of VS2010 with just a report designer and facility to deploy, and I proved that it works to my satisfaction.
But now I have to spend hours writing reports, and it looks like I have to sit at my server (jammed in the corner of the room with a small virtualised screen) so I can fire up BIDS to work with the *.rptproj projects. Web searches hint that VS2010 is unable to edit rptproj files and I see a few people complaining. I just want to check that this is in fact the way things are, and perhaps I'm not missing some productivity tricks other know about. Cheers, Greg
