INStallation!!!

[ralphz]

i have finish my program with crystal report in it. i try to make an installation file for my program so that it can run on other computers. i have included .Net Framework exe.

but i dunno why when i try to run on other computer and accessing to the report part. My program keep prompting me error "KeycodeV2.dll not found or incorrect file".

please help!

[Edneeis]

Do a search on this forum for that same issue and you will find the answers. You have to enter the registration number for crystal into the setup package for it to work right.

[ralphz]

okay i have registered and enter the reg key.

i tried deployment again and the system prompt me

"COM object with CLSID {D97C7D-FF5B-....} is either not valid or not registered"

argh.. what had happened? i have tired lots of times...

please help

[ralphz]

okay.. err for comfirmation.. how to add the merge modules into the setup project? i tried add it thru add existing items and i could not find LIcense key...

how?
please help!

[Asgorath]

Hi

Select your setup project in solution explorer , right click > Add > Merge Modules.

If you are using VS.NET 2003 add the following merged modules:
.Crystal_Database_Access2003.msm
.Crystal_Database_Access2003_enu.msm
.Crystal_Managed2003.msm
.Crystal_regwiz2003.msm

If you are using VS.NET 2002 add the following merged modules:
.Database_Access.msm
.Database_Access_enu.msm
.Managed.msm
.regwiz.msm

Regards
Jorge

[sanjays]

hi friend,
how did u include the .net framework with the setup project ? is it possible to add framework.exe to the project so that it will be installed on the target machine ?
And about the merge modules, crystal_Regwix2003.msm alone is added and my reports are working.What is the use of the others?
Pls give me a quick reply
thanks
Sanjays

[Asgorath]

Hi
If you try to include the dotnetframework and built the project you will get a compile error dotNETFXRedist_x86_enu.msm must not be used to redistribute the .NET Framework. Please exclude this merge module.


This the description of merged modules and they listed as necessary on a pdf from Crystal Solutions.


The mananged.msm merge module is used to install all the CR for VS .NET
managed components, such as CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.DLL,
CrystalDecisions.Web.DLL, and CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.DLL.
The database_access.msm merge module is used to install all database drivers
the report uses to connect to various types of data sources. This merge module
also installs export destination and format drivers, which are used to save report
is different file formats, such as RTF and HTML. In fact, this merge module is
used to install all non-managed runtime components for CR for VS .NET,
including charting components.
Database_access_enu.msm is used to install language specific (localized)
components. Some of the localized charting and exporting (like PDF)
components are installed by this component. Each language the product is
released in will have a specific version of this merge module.
In order to track licensing information, regwiz.msm is used to configure
registration information on deployed computers (server or client). When
building setup projects using this merge module, it is important to provide the
license key for it.

Regards
Jorge

[kleinma]

Originally posted by sanjays
hi friend,
how did u include the .net framework with the setup project ? is it possible to add framework.exe to the project so that it will be installed on the target machine ?
And about the merge modules, crystal_Regwix2003.msm alone is added and my reports are working.What is the use of the others?
Pls give me a quick reply
thanks
Sanjays

you can download and include this file in your setup
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

it is the self installing .net framework exe. Also, if you launch it with a command line switch of /q it will install in quiet mode (no dialogs about installing the framework) which is what you would really want when deploying it with your app.