Crystal Runtime Installation without RDC

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I am a design engineer with a development company who has been asked to update work previously done by an employee no longer with the company. The problem is that we have used a crystal reports runtime install that contains RDC. This gives users the ability to edit reports and so on. We have taken a different direction and we are looking to only supply canned reports that cannot be modified. We still need to provide runtime installation for crystal, but I have not been successful in finding the correct information.
Currently we call ReportsRuntime.msi which is tied to a Data1.cab file. I am not sure if this was generated via the companies installshield or was provided and received via BO.
My best guess is that it is ours and we are using Crystal 11 runtime within it. If so I can address that, however, I simply want to make sure I either have the correct runtime install or know for sure what files I need to pull in order to have a distribution without RDC.
As of right now I believe these will be:
CRDesignerCtrl.*
Craxddrt.*
Craxdrt.*
Any assistance to get me in the right direction would be appreciated.
Leon Elzie

Answer 1

Leon, when you say you will be using the RDC, I assume this is an app coded in VB 6, C++, etc.(?). That being the case I think the best way to approach this is to figure out what is the exact runtime you are using and the exact version you are using. I can then recommend the correct msms and other sources of information. You will have to then build an installation package using a utility such as InstallShield, Wise, MS Visual Installer, etc.
The msi and cab you mention does not come from Crystal / BO / SAP and I am not quite sure why you can not use it...(?).
To figure out the runtime, download the Module utility from here:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006252802008E/modules.zip
Use it as follows:
1) Run your RDC app and process a report
2) Start Modules
3) Go tot he File menu, select New list -> Memory modules
4) Save the file
5) Expand the "By process" node and fine your app exe
6) Click on the name exe, right side pane will get populated with the dlls loaded by the app.
7) Go to the View menu and select details
8) Look for craxdrt.dll, crviewer.dll and craxddrt.dll
9) Let me know the version of each of the above and the path they are loading from.
Ludek