Crystal Reports build failed in Visual Studio 2019 Setup project

[former_member4247]

I am using Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11.7 with .Net version 4.8.04084 and Crystal reports for Visual Studio version 13 Service pack 29.

Whenever I add the CrystalReportViewer (13.0.4 32 bit I think) to my VB application I can run the project in Visual Studio and the report displays.

When I add a SETUP PROJECT to the solution I can build the VB application but when I go to build the setup project I get the error Rebuild ALL FAILED There is no other error message

If I remove the Crystal Report and the References I can build the setup (but of course there is not report)

The report is just a BLANK report, I just want to get the setup project to work with a Crystal report on the VB form.

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

That's a question for Microsoft or Google....

Use Google and search for adding MSI packages to your deployment project.

[former_member4247 · Accepted solution]

The process is needlessly complex, like most microsoft "improvements" . I am going to close this out and re-write it in VS 2010. it would be quicker than struggling with the XML bootstrap.