How do i deploy a VB6 app that uses CR 8.5 ???

[fergo747]

How do i deploy a VB6 app that uses CR 8.5 ???

Do i need any CR redistributables or anything? I've tried the VB packaging wizard and it misses half of the DLL's.

I'm almost at the stage where i'm going to visit the customer and just install CR developers edition on their computer - argh!

Thanks guys

[VB4fun]

I posted this awhile back, it should help you.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=252120

Use the runtime.chm to help you locate the CR dll's.


Hope it helps.

:)

[SkiNLaB]

i use the windows MSI installer, gets em all for me.

oh and liverpool suck!

[fergo747]

That's for cr 9... i'm using 8.5.

Still, i'll give it a try.

But this is what gets me - surely there must just be a 'install_crystal_runtime_8.5.exe' or something like that somewhere on the crystal CD ??? Why must it be so difficult...

[SkiNLaB]

there's a white paper 2 on teh crystal report site somewhere that instructs you to how 2 make a simple Crystal report runtime installer...

the truth is out there...

[fergo747]

Originally posted by SkiNLaB
i use the windows MSI installer, gets em all for me.

oh and liverpool suck!

So how do you use the MSI installer? Where do i download that?

[SkiNLaB]

well michael, search microsoft for "Windows Installer"

[fergo747]

I mean, obviously you're using some MSI compiler that i'm unaware of.

And *please* don't be another forums junky who just tells everyone just to search for their own answers! You don't think i spent half a week doing just that before coming here in desperation???

Anyway i tried the first suggestion - using ISTools and it seems pretty good! works on my test computer. So... thanks for the suggestion!

[SkiNLaB]

OH FFS

u DO know who this is right ???

[fergo747]

Hey this isn't michael, i'm one of his workmates - he told me to use his vbforums account.