How to check Crystal Reports Redistributable has been installed?

[FreeriderUK]

My application requires the Crystal Reports Redistributable to be installed. If it isn't my app will crash. How do I check to see if it has been installed, so I can catch the error?

 

[FreeriderUK]

OK, I know how to check the registry to see if CR is installed, but how to stop the errors when executing code like:

Imports Crystaldecisions.crystalreports.engine
Imports Crystaldecisions.reportsource
Imports Crystaldecisions.shared
Imports Crystaldecisions.windows.forms

Is there any way to use this code conditionally?

 

[FreeriderUK]

Is there any way to use this code conditionally?

Nope. The check has to be done before the form is loaded...