Crystal Reports Merge Modules 64 bit for Visual Studio 2022

[jassim1]

Hi, i have installed crystal reports for visual studio 2022 for my vb.net WinForms application. My OS is Win 10 64 bit. My application references Crystal Report version 13 dlls. But I am not able to find out the crystal report merge modules in my machine. From where I can download the crystal reports merge modules 64 bit for visual studio 2022? Is that free? Should I need any keycode to use it?

Please help.

[jassim1]

I am trying to create a set up project in Visual Studio 2022 for my VB.Net WinForms application. I am using Crystal Reports. I have downloaded "CR13SP32MSI64_0-80007712.MSI" from SAP Crystal Report website and I have installed it in my machine. Now I want to deploy my applications to my clients machines. In the setup project, How I can include this msi package ? So that I can deploy my application in the client machines without installing crystal reports there. Since our machine is 64 bit, there is no merge modules are available. Instead SAP says to use MSI packages. My Question is How I can include the crystal report .msi package in the VS 2022 setup project ? Please help.

[DonWilliams]

There are no 64 bit Merge Modules.

You have to use the MSI packages which you can download from here:

https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/crystalreports/3354091173.html

PS - keep your app up to date with CR for VS SP 36 and above, which you can also download from link above.

Or you can get them from here:

https://origin.softwaredownloads.sap.com/public/site/index.html

[jassim1]

How I can install the crystal reports dlls in the client machine ? I dont want to install all the softwares in the client machine ? please help.

[DonWilliams]

You have to use the MSI package, CR has never supported manually installing the runtime, too many COM and Registry keys to manage. No choice but to use the MSI packages, it's the same as the Merge Modules anyways....

[jassim1]

@DON I have installed CR13SP32MSI64_0-80007712.MSI in my machine and how to include this msi in the visual studio set up ?? That is what I want to know. Please help.

[DonWilliams]

First don't install the MSI packages on your DEV PC, not required, the EXE installs everything so uninstall them and then repair the EXE install.

See this Blog I wrote on upgrading your project:

Upgrading a Visual Studio 2008->2022 .NET project with the latest CR .NET SDK packages

Use Google and search Microsofts site on how to include MSI's in you installer package, here's one:

How to Create Setup MSI EXE File in Visual Studio 2019, 2022