Crystal Reports 1

[sicohne]

I have a winform with a Crystal Reports viewer. The application has to be installed on a networked drive.
The trouble is that only the PC which installed the application can access the Crystal Reports viewer without error.

Is there a depedancy which I can add to the installation or Crystal Reports runtime so that I don't have to install CR on all the PCs?

 

[jebenson]

Unfortunately, no. While the app may be on the server, it is not running on the server. It is running on the PC that requested it, and thus the CR merge modules must be installed on that PC, and on any others that are to run the app.



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[sicohne]

Obviously not the answer I was hoping for, but thanks none the less

 

[SqueakinSweep]

Hmmm...I wonder if the reports would work, if just the Crystal Reports merge modules were installed on each client?. I would say it is worth a go to create a client install which contains just the merge modules.

Is there a valid reason why the app has to be installed on the server. If its simply to ensure that ever user has the latest version of your app, simply create a Loader application (Console app), that checks the network drive for all the latest .Exe and .dll files, and copies them to the client


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...if it works dont f*** with it

 

[sicohne]

Creating a setup with nothing but the Crystal Reports merge modules does seem to work! Thanks for the suggestion.

Must admit I never considered a Loader application.