The report designer for RS 2000 needs any version of Visual Studio 2003 (it
cannot be 2005, that would not work). The cheapest is VB.Net ($100) but any
product that has VS 2003 will work.

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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> Is there a "lite" version of Visual Studio 2005 or 2003 that works with
> Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Rich