64-Bit Support

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Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 9.0 Beta 1 projects can be built on a 32-bit or a 64-bit machine. In addition, the projects' code can be ported to and updated on a 64-bit machine. Itanium and x64 64-bit architectures are supported.

Building a 64-bit application

A 64-bit application can be built under the following scenarios:

  • The 32-bit Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 9.0 Beta 1 IDE on a 32-bit Windows operating system.
  • The 32-bit Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 9.0 Beta 1 IDE against a Windows 64-bit server. The server administrator must install the 64-bit common language runtime and the 64-bit Crystal Reports components on the server.
  • The 32-bit Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 9.0 Beta 1 IDE under WOW64 (the x86 emulator that runs 32-bit applications on a 64-bit machine) on a Windows 64-bit server or workstation. The 32-bit and 64-bit components must be installed on the same machine, but in different directories. This scenario requires additional setup, see 64-Bit Development Configuration.

Deploying a 64-bit application

To deploy .NET Framework applications on a 64-bit machine, merge modules that support 64-bit machines must be added to the deployment project.

For Web Sites, the 64-bit Crystal Reports runtime components must be installed on the Web server.

To learn how to deploy Web Sites or Windows projects to a 64-bit machine, see Merge Modules Deployment for Visual Studio.