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VB + Crystal Reports packaging
Hi,
We are developing an application using VB 6.0 and crystal reports 10 for reports.
We have some queries regarding packaging the application :
1. How do we package the crystal reports with the application? Do we have to install crystal reports on the machine we are deploying the application?
2. While deploying the application some of the Dll's are moved to system32 directory ? We need to avoid this and want to move the dll's to a folder we specify.? Or can we copy the required dll's into one folder and set the path in the enviroment before we execute the application executable?
Thanks
We are developing an application using VB 6.0 and crystal reports 10 for reports.
We have some queries regarding packaging the application :
1. How do we package the crystal reports with the application? Do we have to install crystal reports on the machine we are deploying the application?
2. While deploying the application some of the Dll's are moved to system32 directory ? We need to avoid this and want to move the dll's to a folder we specify.? Or can we copy the required dll's into one folder and set the path in the enviroment before we execute the application executable?
Thanks
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Crystal expects some dlls to be in specific locations and they (according to my last conversation on the topic with Crystal) must be in those directories. At this time I forget which dlls and where but some need to go to system32.
MDAC may install some dlls. I don't recall where they get loaded but system32 is a good guess.
Yu may be able to do that if you install the Crystal dlls with the application in its directory.
mlmcc
MDAC may install some dlls. I don't recall where they get loaded but system32 is a good guess.
Yu may be able to do that if you install the Crystal dlls with the application in its directory.
mlmcc
Glad i could help
mlmcc
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Sorry for the delay in reply... i have changed the setup.lst to install the dll's in the directory specified by me....But when i put the directory with all the Dll's and executable to a machine that does not have VB or crystal reports installed i am not able to run the exe....
Also in the package generated by VB there is a MDAC_TYP.exe..does this register some dll's in system32...?
In short what I want to do is put all the required dll's and VB executable (Project.exe) and put it on a machine where there is no Vb or crystal reports....I don't want to run the setup generated by VB as I have to package with some other applications not developed in VB...