Hi,
I have a VS 2012 Winforms application that uses Crytal Reports. The report contruction and display process works fine in development mode, but when the app is installed, the user get one of a series of errors.
1. I am am using the "One-Click" installation feature of VS2012 with the "SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine for .NET Framework" prerequisite checked. When users perform the installation, the CR portion of the install blows up with a temp path error.
2. I then unchecked the CR prerequisite, deployed a folder of what I thought were the correct versions of the CR client software, and had users manually installed the 32 bit version (I have read that the 64 bit version doesn't work). Users then got the following error:
The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception.
An error has occurred while attempting to load the Crystal Reports runtime.
Either the Crystal Reports registry key permissions are insufficient, or the Crystal Reports runtime is not installed correctly.
Please install the appropriate Crystal Reports redistributable (CRRedist*.msi) containing the correct version of the Crystal Reports runtime (x86, x64, or Itanium) required.
VS2012 Versions:
CrystalReports.Engine - 13.0.2000.0 (runtime version v2.0.50727)
CrystalDecisions.ReportSource - 13.0.2000.0 (runtime version v2.0.50727)
CrystalDecisions.Shared - 13.0.2000.0 (runtime version v2.0.50727)
CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms - 13.0.2000.0 (runtime version v2.0.50727)
CrystalReport Client Installation
Prerequisite Installation - ?
Standalone Client Install - CRRuntime_32bit_13_0_8.msi and/or CRRuntime_64bit_13_0_8.msi
Here are my questions:
1. Is there a later version of the CR prerequisite install for VS 2012 apps that works correctly?
2. If the answer to #1 above is "no", what version of the CR client msi should I use? This is also need for cases in which the app has been installed but CR has not - i.e., I need a stand alone CR installation that will work.
3. Should I use the 64 bit version for 64 bit clients, or not?
4. Are there other installed apps or dlls that could be causing CR to blow up with above error?
Thanks