CRforVS_13_0_2 Backwards Compatible?

[former_member1252733]

Hello.

I just noticed that the Crystal Reports Visual Studio support download has now change from CRforVS_13_0_1 to CRforVS_13_0_2

Questions:

1) Would there be any issues if some computer are running the older version and some the newer version?
2) What do I need to do if we want to upgrade to the newest version? Do we just install the newer version on top of the old version or do we need to do something special?

Thanks.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

1) Would there be any issues if some computer are running the older version and some the newer version?

- CRforVS_13_0_1 is Service Pack 1. CRforVS_13_0_2 is Service Pack 2. So an issue woudl only come up if you need a fix from SP2

2) What do I need to do if we want to upgrade to the newest version? Do we just install the newer version on top of the old version or do we need to do something special?

- Yup. On your dev computer, just runt he install of SP2. On a runtime computer, you can not run the SP. You must redeploy the SP 2 runtime using either the MSM or MSI files. Link to those files: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/support?rid=/webcontent/uuid/d01fdad8-44e5-2d10-61ad-9d2d4158f3a8

- Ludek

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[former_member1252733]

On a runtime computer, you can not run the SP. You must redeploy the SP 2 runtime using either the MSM or MSI files

Just to double check... If the regular user (not talking about developer) does not have Crystal Reports runtime at all or has SP1, its ok to just execute "CRRuntime_32bit_13_0_2.msi" and expect everythign to work nicely correct? In other words, I don't first have to install SP0, then SP1 and then SP2 right?.

Sorry for being lazy and not try it out myself, my test computer is out of order right now!

Thanks.

[former_member183750]

You're not lazy. Why reinvent the wheel, I figure .

And yes, it is absolutely OK to runt he MSI file. I actually prefer the MSI file as it includes all dependencies, including MS VC++ runtime. The MSM files do not include these dependencies, so you have to worry about including those in the deployment project. And you do not have to run any previous SP MSI as the SPs for CRVS2010 are cumulative.

Have a great weekend,

Ludek

[ido_millet]

Last time I checked, a bootstrap attempt (using prerequisites) to install SP2 over SP1 doesn't work.  You would have to instruct your user, if they already have the SP1 runtime installed, to manually remove it.  The problem is that the SP2 install doesn't seem to know how to automatically detect and handle SP1. 
The answer I received in this forum at the time I ran into this was that there are no plans to fix this problem.