Hi, The full version of Installshield is about $1400. what....... ! I went here http://www.digitalweb.com.br/installwizard/ and when the crystal merge modules still gave a problem ( It created a call in the msi table that was not required ) the guy even created my setup for me
Best wishes Ed --- In [email protected], "Walter Prins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Francisco, > > I'm due to have to do the same here at some point, ie upgrade to using > Crystal 10. We're currently still running CR 8.0 with VCL 8.0 components. > For CR 8.0 I originally set up an Installshield "client" setup which > included and registered all necessary DLL's, which worked fine. I've done a > little preliminary investigations, and have found the following: It seems > the preferred method for client installations is to use (as you've also > tried) merge modules. However, it also appears to me that the version of > installshield that comes with Delphi 7 is too crippled to properly word with > the merge modules of CR10 :-( (Anyone know otherwise then please correct > me!) For one, some of the CR10 merge modules are configurable, and the > express edition of Installshield doesn't support that as far as I could see. > So, one solution I suppose would be to buy the full version of > Installshield. I/We've not gone there yet though, so I can't comment on > that route. > > What I have done so far though is to start contstructing an InnoSetup > (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php) install script that will when > finished install all the required dll's and register those that need > registration. There are documentation on the BusinessObjects website the > documents which dll's are required for which type of deployment scenarios if > you want to "manually" install the required stuff, unfortunately this is > quite detailed, you cannot just skim it to find what you'll need in the case > of a Delphi app it seems. For this reason I've used several dll monitoring > tools to determine which dll's actually gets loaded/used on my developer PC > when using CR10, and have basically been determining what to include and > what to register like that. Rather messy, but nevertheless I've had some > promising results. (I want to try and make sure I don't accidentally > include stuff I really don't want or shouldn't include so I've been tweaking > and trimming the script, but I have had a successful client install working > at one point IIRC, so it's looking promising.) > > Here's some other relevant links (dll tools, as I mentioned): > http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/modules .zip.asp > http://www.dependencywalker.com/ > > I'll try and remember to post an update when I make further progress to the > list, if you're interested (unfortunately this is not a high priority job at > the moment so I can't tell you when it's likely to be done.) > > HTH > > Walter > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Francisco Javier Hernandez Segura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:05 AM > >Subject: Re: [list] [delphi-en] Crystal reports Merge module > > > > >Ok. > >My Crystal version is DEVELOPER 10.0 > >How can i use runtime license ? > >What's correct procedure for running my reports on clients > >computers ... ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
