Crystal Report Deployment in Visual studio 2005

[Shanaj]

hello,

Can anyone help me

What are the necessary files(Merge modules) to be added while deploying application in .NET 2005 for Crystal Report to work

Thanks in Advance

[supereds28ph]

Hi Shanaj,

If you are developing a windows application, here are the components you should add in you setup and deployment project:

To add the Windows application's project output

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click Setup1, point to Add, and then click Project Output....
2. In the Add Project Output Group dialog box, select Primary output.

When Primary output is added to your project, dependencies are added automatically:
* ADODB.dll
* crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting.msm
* dotnetfxredist_ x86_enu.msm (excluded from the project)
* stdole.dll

Note The crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting merge module may not be automatically added to the project. If you need to create a deployment project for a Web Service, then you need to add this file.

3. Right-click the following files and select Exclude: ADODB.dll, and stdole.dll.
* Exclude crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting.msm, if this project is not a Web Service deployment project.
* Exclude dotnetfxredist_ x86_enu.msm, if this file has not already been excluded.

The next procedure is needed if you are not using the Windows Installer on the target machines.

To add merge modules to the Setup Project

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click Setup1, point to Add, and then click Merge Module....
2. In the Add Modules dialog box, select the merge modules that are required for the report binding scenario used in your Windows application.

For a description of which merge modules to use for different report binding scenarios, see Crystal Reports Merge Modules.

If you added CrystalReports1 0_NET_EmbeddedR eporting.msm, you must enter a valid Crystal Reports Keycode (see Crystal Reports Registration and Keycode), as shown in the next step.

Note If the Windows Installer is used, the merge modules do not have to be added to the setup project.

3. In Solution Explorer, click CrystalReports1 0_NET_EmbeddedR eporting.msm. In the Properties window, expand MergeModuleProp erties and scroll down to the Keycode property. Enter the keycode for Crystal Reports 10.



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But if you are developing a web application, you do these:

To add the Web application's project output

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click WebSetup1, point to Add, and then click Project Output....
2. In the Add Project Output Group dialog box, select Primary output and Content Files.

When Primary output is added to your project, dependencies are added automatically:
* ADODB.dll
* crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting.msm
* dotnetfxredist_ x86_enu.msm (excluded from the project)
* stdole.dll

Note The crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting merge module may not be automatically added to the project. If you need to create a deployment project for a Web Service, then you need to add this file.

3. Right-click the following files and select Exclude: ADODB.dll, and stdole.dll.
* Exclude crystalreports1 0_net_webservic ereporting.msm, if this project is not a Web Service deployment project.
* Exclude dotnetfxredist_ x86_enu.msm, if this file has not already been excluded.

The next procedure is needed if you are not using the Windows Installer on the target machines.

To add merge modules to the Web Setup Project

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click WebSetup1, point to Add, and then click Merge Module....
2. In the Add Modules dialog box, select the merge modules that are required for the report binding scenario used in your Web application.

For a description of which merge modules to use for different report binding scenarios, see Crystal Reports Merge Modules.

If you added CrystalReports1 0_NET_EmbeddedR eporting.msm, you must enter a valid Crystal Reports Keycode (see Crystal Reports Registration and Keycode), as shown in the next step.

Note If the Windows Installer is used, the merge modules do not have to be added to the setup project.

3. In Solution Explorer, click CrystalReports1 0_NET_EmbeddedR eporting.msm. In the Properties window, expand MergeModuleProp erties and scroll down to the Keycode property. Enter the keycode for Crystal Reports 10.



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