Thursday, December 10, 2009

Deploying Microsoft Report Viewer 2005

So unlike Report Viewer 2008, 2005 is a bit more difficult to install quietly. With the 2008 version you simply run "install.exe /q" and it works. With the 2005 version, you have to do the following...

ReportViewer2005.exe /q:a /c:"install.exe /q"

By doing all that, it's quietly running the install.exe file that exists inside of the ReportViewer2005.exe file. If you simply run "ReportViewer2005.exe /q" you'll just get a window that pops up with "Next" on it. Not what you want.

Enjoy

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