The SAP Crystal Report is the reporting tool that used to design reports both in web and desktop environment. The Sap Crystal report has gone through changes in name quite a few times and the current version is named as SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio. The last known name for the product was SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010.
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How to install Crystal Report Runtime
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Learn how to download & install Crystal Report Runtime in this Tutorial. Scroll down to find out the download link and Crystal Report Runtime installation guide.
Jan 27, 2015 Hi, We are in process of migrating exsisting Crystal Reports from CR 2008 SP4 to CR 2013 SP1/SP3. Iam unable to find the corresponding msms for the same for runtime distribution. SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine (32 bit and 64 bit). Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 (Community, Professional, Premium and Ultimate) Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (Professional, Premium and Ultimate). Get the latest version for free. Download only available on your desktop computer. SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft.
How to Create Crystal Report
We have a few how-to tutorials which take you through step by step process of creating the report using C#, ASP.NET, and ASP.NET MVC.
What is Crystal Report Runtime
If you create an application using crystal report, then to run your Crystal Reports application you need to install the crystal report runtime engine on the target machine (Client machine). Crystal Report Runtime (Crystal Reports redistributable) has function and libraries which need to exist on the target PC without which reports won’t show up.
How to download
Crystal Reports Version | Supported IDE | Developer Edition Download | Runtime Download |
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Service Pack 25 | Visual Studio 2019, 2017,2015,2013,2012,2010 | SP 25 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 24 | Visual Studio 2017, 2015,2013,2012,2010 | SP 24 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 23 | Visual Studio 2017, 2015,2013,2012,2010 | SP 23 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 22 | Visual Studio 2017, 2015,2013,2012,2010 | SP 22 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 21 **Contains Breaking Changes | Visual Studio 2017, 2015,2013,2012,2010 | SP 21 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 20 | Visual Studio 2015, 2013,2012,2010 | SP 20 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 19 | Visual Studio 2015, 2013,2012,2010 | SP 19 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 18 | Visual Studio 2015, 2013,2012,2010 | SP 18 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 17 | Visual Studio 2015, 2013,2012,2010 | SP 17 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 16 | Visual Studio 2015, 2013,2012,2010 | SP 16 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Service Pack 15 | Visual Studio 2013 2013,2012,2010 | SP 15 | 32 Bit 64 Bit |
Or you can visit the following sites to learn how to do it
How to Install Crystal Report runtime
Login to your PC with administrator permissions, and do the following steps
Choose the appropriate version of the report that i.e. 64bit or 32bit depending on your application. Download the runtime from the above link and save it to a folder on your hard disk. Unzip the content.
Double click on the .msi file and in my case it is CRRuntime_64bit_13_0_14.msi
You will see the welcome screen as shown below
Click on Next to continue.
This will take you to the License agreement.
Click on I Accept the License Agreement and click on next to proceed.
If the previous version of the runtime is installed on your Computer, then the warning screen will appear. If you continue, the installer will upgrade the previous version to the new version.
Click on next to continue to upgrade.
This will take you to start installation screen
Click on Next to proceed
The installation begins and it will take several minutes to finish. At the end, you see the following screen.
Click on finish.
This will complete your installation of runtime. You can now run your crystal report application without any issues.
How to Include Runtime into your application setup
You can include the crystal report runtime in your application setup project. To do that you have to download the Merge Module (MSM).
A merge module is windows installer package, but cannot be installed on its own. It can be included in your visual studio setup project and create a single setup file which includes both your application and crystal report runtime. You can then distribute the setup of your application. Then you don’t need to download and install the crystal report runtime separately at client Machine
You can refer to the article on how to include the Merge Module (MSM) in your setup project from the following link Using Crystal Reports Merge Modules MSM to create a Setup project
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I am trying to make a setup for my program by using InstallShield 2013 LE and I am running it from within VS 2012. I have already downloaded and installed .NET 4.5 as one of the prerequisites under Specify Application Data -> Redistributables.
My application has reports that I made by installing CRforVS_redist_install_64bit_13_0_8 from the site http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824.
The reports and program run well. I know that I need to include the crystal reports runtime as part of my setup for deployment to other computers. Under Specify Application Data -> Redistributables, I see Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008. How do I add the right runtime version that I need to my program?
Also for some reason, I am unable to download even the 2008 version shown.
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InstallShield Limited edition lacks the prereq editor found in Professional and above. You can download an eval and throw it on a VM and use it there. Correct the PRQ file and copy it back to your ISLE machine along with needed content.
Here's a basic tutorial on how to author PRQs:
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