Visual Studio 2005 with CR for .NET

[jschoen]

I have a project that we use embedded Crystal Reports. We were running into a problem were some clients were not being able to run the embedded reports. I discovered the issue was the Crystal Report Runtimes were not being installed during installation. The setup file was designed so that it actually created a seperate setup file to install the crystal report runtime if it was not already installed. Well the admins were not deciding to not install it.


While this seems simple (just tell them to install it), it isn't because we do not get to speak directly to them.

The second issue is that now it actually requires admin privelages to install(as the Crystal report Runtime files) seem to be installed in a sub folder of Program Files. So is there a way to set were to install the runtime files?

Now for the question. Can the merge modules be included in the single setup file and still be conditionally installed. I currently changed the main setup to install tehe runtime during every installation. The problem is if it is already installed, it reinstalls it again. Is there a way to conditionally install the Crystal repor runtime during installation?

I apologize, this is probably a simple answer, but I am new to .Net development, as I have really only worked with Java in the past.

Thanks for anyones help and/or suggestions.

Jacob Schoen