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Posted: **Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:22 am**

Hi

I have a vb.net application that I need to deploy. It has a number of Crystal Reports in it. I am looking at the best deployment tool for the job and cam across your website.

I notice your very helpful section that shows how to get the Crystal Reports runtime installed http://www.actualinstaller.com/help/cry ... ports.html

My question is this. Is there a way of determining if CR has already been installed. I.e. when I come to update my application on a user's machine I would not want to run the runtime install again?

Thanks in advance

Roy

Posted: **Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:45 pm**

To add Crystal Reports 2008 as a prerequisite, go to the General\Prerequisites and add the following in the Additional Prerequisites list:

Code: Select all

Name: Crystal Reports Basic Runtime for VS2008
Command: http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/downloads/redistributables/vs_2008/redist/x86/CRRedist2008_x86.msi
OS: All
Condition: Registry Key Exists
Value 1: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\10.5\Crystal Reports
Value2:

Posted: **Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:26 pm**

Hi Leo

Many thanks for that. As a complete newbie to Actual Installer can you tell me: does this then first check if CR is already installed and if not then it installs it?

Roy

Posted: **Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:11 am**

Yes.
The above setting checks the Registry key, and if doesn't exist (i.e. Crystal Report doesn't installed), it will prompt the user to install it (by executing the Command field).

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