Compile Crystal Reports into an exe

Question

I've recently made the switch from the Data Report to Crystal Reports 10. I've rewritten the reports our software uses and they are working fine in a nominal reports location.

I have heard that Crystal Reports can be compiled into a single executable file which can be called through vb.net, rather than loading the report from a location.

Has anyone had any experience of this who can perhaps help?

Answer 1

The Crystal Report itself can be compiled in with the applications executable, but I believe the client computer still requires the Crystal Reports runtime be installed as a prerequisite.

Answer 2

That is possible, I created a view of the data I need then create a crystal report form the view table to populate your report.