Windows Installer Deployment for Visual Studio
In this section, you learn to deploy projects that use Crystal Reports for Visual Studio with Windows Installer technology.
A Windows Installer can be used in place of merge modules for deployment projects. This deployment method allows for smaller deployment projects and reduced installation time.
You can use the Windows Installer when many deployment projects are installed on the same target computer. In this case, the Crystal Reports runtime files are installed once. If merge modules are used, the Crystal Reports runtime files are installed each time a deployment project is installed on the target computer.