How to use the Crystal Reports 2008 - Click Once redist?

[Former Member]

For my co-workers i want to make a click once installation for the Crystal Report 2008 redistributable files.

So my co-wokers can browse to a website, and with click once technologie install the redistributable files.

I've searched for the redistributable files for CR2008 runtime, and found them thru

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-downloads

than clicking on the link and selecting for Software Product: Crystal Reports, Product version: 2008 and for software type: Utility.

Then 7 results are shown:

1 MLB Runtime

2 Merge Modules

3 Click Once

4 Redistributable Installation

5 DataDirect...

6 Visual Studion Integration Manager

7 Modules utility....

I downloaded them all, and when seeing 'Crystal Reports 2008 - Click Once', I thought that's the download I need.

Once downloaded, i unzipped the Click Once zip file, and found a bunch of directories (languages), and two files:

1 CRRuntime_12_0_mlb.msi

2 product.xml

But now I don't know what to do with this files.

I think I can make a dotnet program which does nothing, only to install the redist, but how?!?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Dennis,

There are Click Once Deployment instructions in the Developer Library guide for Crystal Reports. Go to the [Developer Library|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/developer/library] and click on the [Developer Guide|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/7770] link under the .NET SDK section.

After the Developer Guide loads you'll see a Deployment section. Drill into Deployment and you'll find instructions for Click Once Deployment under the Deployment For Visual Studio subsection.

I hope this helps.

Dan Kelleher

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Daniel,

I now understand the way click once should work, but what about the download? I downloaded Crystal Reports 2008 - Click Once zip file, unzipped it.

Then I have 13 directories (wiht languages) and 2 files: CRRuntime_12_0_mlb.msi and product.xml.

When I follow the instructions in the sdk, how can i be sure that the files used are the downloaded ones?

Must I place the download in a specific directory?