Crystal Reports Deployment issue

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In my project there are following things :-

1. SAP crystal reports
2. Sql db that is online so no worry about it
3. .net framework

I want to make .exe of my project or want to deploy project such that User does not have to install anything on this computer . I think there is a possible way to add dll files for crystal reports and something for dotnet so user not have to install it we can say it as a click once application

Posted 9-May-14 4:39am

heemanshubhalla

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Kschuler · Answer 1 · 2014-05-09T04:53:00

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The user is going to have to install those components to get your application to work. If you are using ClickOnce then you can go to the project settings (My Project in the Solution Explorer) then the Publish Tab. Click the Prerequisites button. Here you can specify components that your program requires before it will run. You can opt to have a copy of the installs for these prerequisites download from your server, or from the vendor's web site.

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Posted 9-May-14 4:53am

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[no name] 9-May-14 11:05am

Is there any way we can provide so that customer need not to install .net framework manually like we add some file for .net installation or dll etc

Kschuler 9-May-14 11:09am

If you are using ClickOnce and you follow my solution, it will all be installed at once. I believe that it will still have to popup a special box with the terms of agreement for the .Net framework, etc which the user will have to click Agree on. But the components will install together with your app.

[no name] 9-May-14 11:21am

you mean to say .net framework and crystal reports that i have install must be installed

Kschuler 9-May-14 11:24am

If they are already installed on the machine that you are trying to install your app on, then they will NOT require you to install them again. That will be handled for you.

[no name] 9-May-14 11:25am

But its not installed on client machine and he is quite long away from my place and i want to create setup that does not make customer to install anything than our software

Kschuler 9-May-14 11:29am

If your app requires those components....then they have to be installed. You can use the Crystal Reports redistributable so it's not a full version of Crystal Reports but if your user needs the .Net framework....then they need the .Net framework. They can either install it via Windows Updates or you can include the Prerequisites so that it will prompt to install before your app does as described above.

Gergilcan · Answer 2 · 2014-05-09T04:42:00

Solution 1

I think its possible, just include the dll of the crystal reports that you are referencing in the project in your release or debug folder, and then modify the references to point that assemblies.

This way the dlls to be use but crystal reports will be that ones and you can include them in your installer.

Posted 9-May-14 4:42am

Gergilcan

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[no name] 9-May-14 10:59am

but without doing this thing dlls are still present in Applications folder when we deploy application so what is different in this approach

Gergilcan 9-May-14 11:12am

the difference is that the references used in your project must be the ones on the deplay folder, instead of the installed ones, because even when they are there, the program are currently using the installed ones on your machine.

[no name] 9-May-14 11:20am

still can't understand why they need to be deploy folder as they are included to application after depoloy and is there any method that customer need not to install crystal reports

Kschuler 9-May-14 11:26am

You cannot install the .Net framework by just including some DLLs in your app. And I'm not sure if you CAN for Crystal Reports, but if you can it's not recommended. They have redistributable packages for just this purpose.