Difference between Crystal Reports Runtime Packages

Post Author: blueyoj
CA Forum: Deployment
Hi,
We develop an application using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and we need to deploy Crystal Report viewer as a part of our setup package. Under Runtime Packages page, I see the following merge modules and MSI.
Crystal Reports 2008 Crystal Reports XI Release 2 Crystal Reports XI Crystal Reports 10 Crystal Reports 9 Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2005 Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2002
What is the difference between Crystal Report xx (version) and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 200x?
If our application should support both 32-bit and 64-bit, does it mean that we need to create two separate setup packages and include proper Crystal Report? I can't find any merge module that supports both.

Babita,
request you to post the same in the BO forums for more relevant answers...
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