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The question was do I REALLY need to install all the files in the MSM?<br />
And if not which?<br />
I believe there are 5-600 files in that distribution?<br />
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Ed<br />

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Ed,<br />
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It's called the redistributable because it contains what you need to redistribute unfortunately :( You could probably pick some out but then you might add something to a future report and it won't work because you removed the dependency.<br />
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Jay
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****er - I bow to your hard won knowledge and masochism.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Ed
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Unfortunately there is no simple answer to this question. Jay's last comment sums the situation up.
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WIth the Professional edition you do not have a license to distribute the files. &nbsp;You need to purchase the DEVELOPER edition.<br />
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mlmcc
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Sorry, I know we have the version that allows us to distribute the runtimes as we checked that with BO before we purchased.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Ed
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I need to include the Crystal Report runtime files for our .net application.<br />
We are using Crystal Reports Enterprise Professional XI.<br />
The MSM intsall has 600+ files in it.<br />
Which do I actually need to include?<br />
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TIA, Ed Hasted
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I need to include the Crystal Report runtime files for our .net application.
We are using Crystal Reports Enterprise Professional XI.
The MSM intsall has 600+ files in it.
Which do I actually need to include?

TIA, Ed Hasted

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