CR for VS 2010 installer from application setup path

[Former Member]

Hello,

I'd like to create an windows application setup including CR 4 VS 2010. During the installation of my application I don't want to download the components from the manufacturers homepage - every needed bootstrap file should be located in the applications setup.

The references for Framework 2 and 4, Windows Installer 3.1 and MDAC 2.8 are ok. I selected the needed component 'SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine for .NET Framework 4.0' too and checked the box to get the component installer from the same path as the application setup. Then I prepared the publish folder: I created the subdirectory 'SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine for .NET Framework 4.0Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0' and copied the files CRRuntime_32bit_13_0.msi and CRRuntime_64bit_13_0.msi into it.

The result is: Visual Studio doesn't find the installation path and the files CRRuntime_32bit_13_0.msi and CRRuntime_64bit_13_0.msi.

Please give advice how to prepare the bootstrap mechanism (directory structure, xml file editing, u2026). Thank you very much.

Regards,

Alexander Bräumer

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I have found the following links where you can find details. The documents are old but the steps remains the same.

http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/crnet_deployment.pdf

http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/CrystalReports_dotNET_SDK/crsdk_n...

Hope they are helpful.

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Mr or Mrs A G,

no - these links doesn't contain any information about CLICK ONCE DEPLOYMENT.

Once again: Click Once Deployment with bootstrap files in the applications setup location. How do I have to configure this?

Kind regards,

Alexander Bräumer

[fritzfeltus · Accepted solution]

Thanks A G for your suggestion. For the record, the help files for CR for VS2010 can be found on http://help.sap.com under All Products > SAP BusinessObjects > CR for Visual Studio

The packages need to be placed in the same folder as the product.xml file. This solution is also mentioned in this forum post by Mandeep:

1. In the following folder, you will find a product.xml file.

\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0\

2. Open the product.xml file in Notepad (or any text editor) and under the <PackageFiles> section, you will find 2 URLs that point to the 2 deployment packages. Copy each URL into your web browser and manually download the packages.

3. Once the packages are downloaded, copy them to the same folder as the product.xml file (see #1 above).

You should now be able to re-build and re-publish your ClickOnce deployment.