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How To Create Setup And Deployment Project With Crystal Report In Visual Studio 2010

It is the most important phase/step to distribute the project to end user’s PC what you have developed for customer. It is found that the project is running successfully associated with all necessary resources in the development environment. But in the client’s PC, report is not shown due to lack of resource files. It will be wise to develop a single package including all resource files so that user can install the project on his/her PC easily & quickly and run the project successfully with connecting to database server.

Here I’ve given some steps for creating setup file of the project which is developed in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by using C# programming language and for database Microsoft SQL Server 2008. By following the below steps, it is easy to create an installer of the project.

Step-1: Open the project which project is going to be a setup package, with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Right click on project name (proINTRASYS) in the solution explorer and follow the sequence: proINTRASYS>Add>New Project…

Step-2: Select a new project from ‘add new project dialog box’ and type project name with project version & specify project save path like as below picture.

Step-3: Click on next button & Just follow below picture.

Step-4: Select the option ‘Create a setup for a Windows application’ & click on next button.

Step-5: Select the option ‘Primary output from proINTRASYS’ and click on next button.

Step-6: Again click on Next button and click on Finish button. Below view will be appeared.

Step-7: Right click on ‘Application Folder and follow the sequence Application>Add>File

Step-8: ‘Add Files’ dialog box will be appeared and select any ico (icon file) from your project folder. This ico file will be used for project icon.

Step-9: Right click on the option ‘Primary output from proINTRASYS (Active)’

Step-10: Rename ‘Shortcut to Primary output from proINTRASYS (Active)’ to ‘INTRASYS v1.33’

Step-11: Browse your icon file from your project folder.

Step-12: After click on Browse button shown in picture of previous step, below two dialog box will be appeared and follow the picture to select icon file.

Step-13: Select icon file and click OK button.

Step-14: Drag INTRASYS v1.33 and drop on User’s Desktop.

Step-15: Add a new folder ‘INTRASYS’ under User’s Program Menu like as below picture.

Step-16: Create another ‘INTRASYS v1.33’ to follow the previous steps-9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and drag it to INTRASYS folder.

Step-17: Follow this below picture.

Step-18: Click on Properties and follow the below picture. See perquisites box, have to select two option 1. Microsoft .Net Framework4 (x86 and x64) 2. Windows Installer 3.1 (go down with scroll bar).