Hi. A question on getting the msi into the setup /deployment project
I read the following on one of the CR articles on this site:
"The Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 MSI files are self-installing Windows Installer packages. Using MSI files does not require creation of a setup project. A simple double click of the CRVS2010 MSI file will ensure the installation and configuration of the Crystal Reports runtime. " ... Not sure what this means concretely.
How do I get the msi file into the setup project. I have several prerequisites for the project: installer, framework, and the SAP runtime engine for framework 4 which I presume is the msi I am wanting to add. But I have to put a location where they will all be stored for the setup to retrieve them when the project is built. Where does one put these. The setup project does not allow for a specific folder that I create. I put them in the release of the setup project but they were erased. I put them in the debug section of the setup project and they were ignored.
Where do I put them?
Finally, how do I add new runtimes? Does the setup need to remove the older CRruntime first before adding the new one? Will that be done automatically?
Thanks for any help.