Requirements

To work through the Deployment tutorials in this section, you must complete the Project Setup in Setting Up the Development Environment.

Check that the following requirements are met:

  • Visual Studio is installed. See Visual Studio Versions.
  • Web or Windows applications that use Crystal Reports.
  • Use either the .msi Windows Installer file or the .exe merge modules file to install your project on the target machine. One of the following procedures must be completed:
    • If you choose to use the .msi Windows Installer file on the target machine. The Windows Installer provides the Crystal Reports runtime and the merge modules that are required by a deployment project. See Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Installer.

    • Or, use the .exe file installer, download and save the Crystal Reports merge modules to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules folder on your computer. You must overwrite the files that already exist in this folder. For more information, see Merge Modules Summary.

      Note

      The Crystal Reports for Visual Studio merge modules are available for 32 and 64-bit machines. The Windows Installer is also available for 64-bit machines.