VB.net application and Crystal Reports Developer for Visual Studio

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I have a question about Crystal Reports Developer for Visual Studio. If I create a executable of my Visual Studio Project and I have the Crystal Reports Developer for Visual Studio installed and I've incorporated Crystal Reporting and Crystal Viewer controls inthe application, when I create the executable of the project for the user, will the Crystal Viewer and reports work and include the needed functionality without having to install additional software on the client? I'm asking for the developer. I say it will compile all the needed functionality without having to install the runtime on each user's computer.

[Former Member]

So will the Crystal runtime be included in the compiled project executable? I'm not using the SDK I'm just using the free Crystal Reports for Visual Studio which has been installed on the developer machine. We have done a proof of concept using it, added its references where needed in the project for reports and the viewer. Currently a Visual Studio executable is created and executed by the users. These are windows forms which retrieve database information.

Not sure I can use it if it involves changes to the client (installing software on the clients-- this is a managed network and clients do not have the ability to install software). Is it achievable to use Crystal Reports for Visual Studio with our project or will the runtime try to install on the client when they execute the application?.