Visual Studio 2005 ClickOnce deployment of CR 8 dlls

[Former Member]

Using Visual Studio (VS) 2005, I have created a Windows Forms application (NOT a web app) that uses crystal reports 8 that comes with VS 2005. I have deployed this application using ClickOnce application but have noticed that not all the prerequisite CrystalReport dlls get deployed. The only dll that gets deployed is:

- CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll

but my application also needs these Dlls:

- CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.dll

- CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll

- CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.dll

In my VS project under References I have set all the above mentioned dlls to be CopyLocal="True". Also, under Publish, the Publish status of all the above mentioned dlls is "Include (Auto)", with the Download Group set to "Required".

Is there a configuration setting allows the delivery of all these dlls for my ClickOnce application?

Otherwise, how can I deliver these dlls to my clients? (i.e. is there an installer for these dlls?)

\Your input welcome.

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

First the version of the dll's are not version 8, they are version 10.2.x.x and this version is based on Crystal Reports 10 functionality.

Next is PLEASE search forums before posting. This question has been answered 100's of time. Look for Ludek's post on how to properly deploy CR runtime.

Thank you

Don