CR9 and InstallShield Developer 7 issue.

[Terran23]

I've made an install package (InstallShield Developer 7.x) for a VB.NET application. The VB.NET application uses CR9 to generate reports, and InstallShield has the CR9 merge modules included. When I create the install package, I get about a dozen CrystalDecisions dll's in the root of my install package. They're also duplicated in the "GAC" (Global Access Cache for .NET) folder. When I try to install the package, those dlls get sent to C:\ (and the Global Access Cache as well). I've looked in the InstallShield project, but I can't find anything that would let me relocate these files (I can't even FIND these files mentioned anywhere in the project). I'd like to get rid of the duplicate files in C:\ as it is unacceptable to put dlls in C:\.

Has anyone seen this issue before? Is there a fix?

Thanks!

-Adam Porter-

 

[synapsevampire]

This might help:

http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q108310

-k

 

[Terran23]

Thanks for the help, but I've already read that page (and the related HOWTO article it mentions. I do have those merge modules installed and selected in InstallShield, but I still get those "floater dlls."

I've even tried setting the install directory of the merge modules but that didn't fix the issue, either.

-Adam Porter-

 

[Terran23]

All right, I figured it out! Merge Modules themselves (not InstallShield) can control their default installation location. In order to resolve this issue of mine, I had to open up the Crystal Merge Modules directly in InstallShield and change their default location. After saving and rebuilding the Merge Module, I was able to re-add it to my project and magically, the 'floating dlls' went away when I rebuilt.

-Adam Porter-