How to add crystal reports in application exe file like windows forms added in application exe when we make installer of windows application

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I want to add crystal reports in application exe file when make installer of windows application on Visual Studio 2005.

Like windows forms compile in exe file but crystal reports added in separate folder S~M~E~R But I don't want to add reports in SMER folder separate for security reasons.

What I have tried:

When I change the Build Action of .rpt file to compile like Windows Forms Build Action and Build Installer, it's creating error.

Unexpected character ''
namespace does not directly contain members such as fields or methods

Posted 21-Apr-16 1:59am

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Updated 21-Apr-16 9:41am

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nilesh sawardekar · Answer 1 · 2016-04-21T09:41:00

Try this,
In solution explorer add your crystal report file.
then click on crystal report file and in properties select "Embedded Resource" from Build Action.

But from my point of view, you should not build exe with crystal report file, because if you want to update it then that time you have to rebuild your whole project again.
It's just what I think.