Crystal 11 in VB6 - Distributing runtimes....

Post Author: Tonst
CA Forum: Deployment
Using Crystal Developer Edition 11.0 SP4 (I think, about screen shows 11.0.0.2495)Using VB6, have crviewer.dll and craxdrt.dll referenced in my project. Using the CrystalActiveXReportViewer control on one of my forms. And am defineing objects of types:CRAXDRT.ApplicationCRAXDRT.ReportCRAXDRT.SectionsCRAXDRT.SectionCRAXDRT.ReportI can create a redistributable msi with the merge modules provided on the website (Licence/Runtime/Engine) but this totals 50mb!!!!!! When I was working with Crystal 6.5 (doing the same thing though the 6.5 OCX) that was a fraction of the size.I tried manually registering:atl.dllcraxdrt.dllcrviewer.dllcslubu-2-0-0.dllusp.dllBut got as far as getting an "Invalid TLV Record" error when trying to run my app.Whats the slimline solution, my apps setup program is currently 40mb, I don't want to double it for Crystal which is a very minor part of the app!!!!!!

Post Author: ejthunder
CA Forum: Deployment
Hello,
Crystal no longer support building deployment packages manually with the package and deployment wizard. The package and deployment wizard does not support using merge modules. In order to deploy the RDC runtime files you will need to use the RDC merge modules that you can download from the Crystal website. We have a kbase article discussing our runtime deployment support. You can find it at this link:
<http://technicalsupport.businessobjects.com/KanisaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=c2017252&sliceId=&dialogID=360384&stateId=1%200%20356275> This link may break if it word wraps.
These documents were written for CR XI (v11.0), but apply to CR XI R2 (v11.5) as well.
In order to use the merge modules you will have to use a packaging software that supports merge modules - like the Visual Studios Installer, InstallShield, or Wise Installer. Licensed owners of VB6 are entitled to download the Visual Studios Installer from Microsoft for free.
There are documents that will help you walk through how to build a simple setup package using the VS Installer. You can find it at this link on their website:
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/rdcXI_deployment.pdf.asp
You can download the merge modules from these links:
For CR XI - http://support.businessobjects.com/downloads/runtime.asp#05
For CR XI R2 - http://support.businessobjects.com/downloads/runtime.asp#06.
if you use the free VS Installer please note that this tool does not support adding the CR XI/XI R2 keycode to the license.msm. In order to add the keycode to the license.msm file you will need to download the ORCA tool in order "open" the merge module and enter the keycode. This is discussed in the RDC XI Deployment PDF.
The merge modules are a "one size fits all" solution, but they work.
I hope this helps.
EJ

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