How to automatically/programmatically "publish" reports for local users of Crystal Reports 2011?

Hi,
I'm not sure if I'm using the correct Crystal Reports terminology here, so apologies in advance.
We've got Crystal Reports 2011 and are developing an application which comes with a number of report files (.rpt) as part of its installation. These reports are used to provide a view onto the database that our application writes to.
Is it possible to automatically manage the collection of reports that are available to users of the Crystal Reports application? Ideally this would be done as part of our application's installation/upgrade procedure. In the case of upgrades, it is possible that some report files may be modified, some removed and others added. (i.e. as the application database's underlying schema is modified or new features added/deprecated).
I believe this could be achieved manually by starting up Crystal Reports and adding and removing reports to/from the Workbench, but we'd like this list of reports to be available to all users on the PC (Crystal Reports is installed on the same PC as our application), and for the update procedure to be something that was automatically scriptable or programmable in something like .NET.
I've read about the Repository (which sounds like a solution to making reports available for all users), but suspect that this is only usable after some other product(s) has been installed? I'm not entirely sure what products they would be.
Could you please let us know whether this can be achieved with the version of Crystal Reports we've got, and if so, how?
The version of Crystal we have is: SAP BusinessObjects, CR Developer, Version 14.0.4.738 RTM, Product Type: Full
Many thanks in advance,
-Nige

CR 2011 does not install any SDK... You can however download SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio, which is an SDK that will let you work with VS 2010 and 2012.
You will then have to decide if you want to use the Crystal Reports SDK or the InProc RAS SDK.
Samples are here:
Crystal Reports for .NET SDK Samples - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki
NET RAS SDK Samples - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki
Dev Help files:
SAP Crystal Reports .NET SDK Developer Guide
SAP Crystal Reports .NET API Guide
Report Application Server .NET SDK Developer Guide
Report Application Server .NET API Guide
Discussing your requirements with sales may not be a bad idea either: 866-681-3435
http://www.sap.com/contactsap/directory/index.epx
Or, create a phone support incident here:
Crystal Single Case Technical Support - SAP Business Objects US Online Store | SAP Online Store
- Ludek
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