Multiple Versions of Crystal Reports Runtime

[Former Member]

Hi

I am using Visual Studio 2017 to develop an ASP.NET Core application which uses the version of Crystal Reports that's on SP22. I will be deploying this application onto a Windows 2008 Server which already has another ASP.NET application which uses the version of Crystal Reports that's on SP17.

If I install the SP22 runtime on that server, will my existing application break or will they be able to run side by side without issues?

This article talks about installing multiple versions of Crystal Reports for development purposes, but that's not that what I'm asking here. I'm talking about runtime only, not development.

This question says we can install multiple Crystal Reports runtimes without issues, but it's too old and I'm wondering if things have changed since then.

Please note that my existing ASP.NET application uses the .NET Framework 2.0 which, as I understand, is no longer supported by Crystal Reports (see this document, page 9). I can not update that application right now and I need to make sure that installing the new Crystal Reports runtime (the one on SP22) will not break that application.

Is it safe for me to install the latest Crystal Reports runtime on the Windows Server without fear of breaking my existing application?

Thank you