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    Question Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    hello

    i have made a application in VB6 . i need some very long reports in this in landscape style ..

    so i use crytsal reports .. but at the time of making it Setup, crytal is not working fine...
    how can i embedd crytsall in my setup.exe....???
    i use setup factory + package & depolyment wizard & install shield...

    but when i make setup from setup fatory it not working on other pc which doesn't have crytal report installed on it ,...

    please tell me how can i use crystalll report at the time of making setup & for that condition if someone doesn't have crystal report installled ..
    please help me ....

    ankur bhatnagar

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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    try to go to the reporting section of this forums. there are a lot of threads there about this
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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    just try package and deployment wizard which will add your crystall reports dll files automatically into your setup. But crystall report control should be used in your project then only it will be added. Then you can install in any machine which doesnt have crystall also.
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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    Here's a help file which lists the runtime files you need to distribute with your application. This is for Crystal v9 but should be similar for other versions (particularly earlier versions).
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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    actually you can't use crystal report if it isn't installed on the system... i tried it more than once... what i did... i created my custom installer that searches the registry if it already is installed... if not, i run the crystal report installer... then my app installer...

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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    Quote Originally Posted by lerroux
    actually you can't use crystal report if it isn't installed on the system...
    That's not quite true. You can't use Crystal Reports from a VB app if the appropriate Crystal runtimes are not installed on the PC, but Crystal Reports itself doesn't need to be installed for it to work.
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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    lerroux : you can run your vb apps with crystal reports even if the machine doesnt have crystall software installed in it. Only thing you have use the control in your app and include the runtime dlls required for crystall in your install application
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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    thank you all ..
    but still my purpose is still not get solved ..

    you are right that it is not neccessary to have crystal report installed on pc where we are running application using crytsal report..
    juts like you not need to install visual basic to run your application on other pc. but sometimes it require Runtime files
    but from where i can found the run times files for crytsal report
    as i make my application on XP (with service pack 2 ) & running my application on XP only

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    please tell me from which insatller i should make my setup for my application as my application is only using crystal report for only making reports

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    please help me ..
    thanks
    ankur bhatnagar

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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    What version of Crystal are you using?
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    Question Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    i am using crytsal reprt 7.0

    .. can i have to change the version ..???
    can i make run apllication with this version ..>???

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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    Yes you can make it work with v7. Have you looked at the runtime help file? Find the list of runtime files you need to distribute and add them to your install package.

    Search the Crystal KB
    http://support.businessobjects.com/s....asp_shortcuts
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    Question Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    hello,

    can u tell me how can i embeed crysta report in my vb project.. ??

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    Re: Viusal basic with crytsal reports

    Project -> Components -> Click on Crystal Reports (x.x)
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    Re: embeed crytsal reports with vb 6.0

    you have to have crystal runtime in the machine where your app runs, this can be done using the package and deployment wizard.

    in the project menu click on components and select crystal reports and click ok.

    could not understand

    i hope already in your previous thread, all these questions are answered.
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    Re: embeed crytsal reports with vb 6.0

    Duplicate Threads merged and moved to application deployement

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    Re: how to make setup with crytsal report in VB 6 ..?

    You need to download the merge modules from the crystal reports website and include them in your setup package.

    I've only ever done this with visual studio installer but it worked fine. I don't think you will have the same success with package and deplyment wizard and I moved away from this years ago due to cross platform issues.

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    Red face Re: how to make setup with crytsal report in VB 6 ..?

    hello
    from where can i download the merge modules for the crystal reports 7.0 .. i dont fine on eon websits .. can you any one please tell me the URL ...
    thanks

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