Registering .NET Component

[glenn]

I have written a COM Server in C# and its working perfectly. I am not ready
to deploy to client computers to begin the real testing and am now wondering
how to perform. The part that confuses me is that you can not use regsvr32
to register the COM server so I'm wondering if placing it inside the .NET
library will automatically take care of registering it so non managed code
programs can access it or do I have to manually use the regasm program to
register it on each computer.

And if regasm is what I use, then what is the best method since this program
is not in a windows path and there are different versions of it on most
computers.

Thanks,

glenn

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Re: Registering .NET Component

Hi glenn,

RegAsm is the right tool, and you have two options:

a) Deploying the .NET assembly to the GAC and registering it with regasm
from there. The assembly will need to be strong-named.
b) Deploying the assembly elsewhere and specifying the /codebase option when
registering it with RegAsm.

--
Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]


"glenn" <ghancock@softe ksoftware.com> wrote in message
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>I have written a COM Server in C# and its working perfectly. I am not
>ready
> to deploy to client computers to begin the real testing and am now
> wondering
> how to perform. The part that confuses me is that you can not use
> regsvr32
> to register the COM server so I'm wondering if placing it inside the .NET
> library will automatically take care of registering it so non managed code
> programs can access it or do I have to manually use the regasm program to
> register it on each computer.
>
> And if regasm is what I use, then what is the best method since this
> program
> is not in a windows path and there are different versions of it on most
> computers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> glenn
>
>[/color]

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Re: Registering .NET Component

The version corresponding to the version of the Framework your application
targets.

--
Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]\


"glenn" <ghancock@softe ksoftware.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks,
>
> However, I'm still stuck as running regasm from inside another program
> doesn't seem to be working and it is not found in windows path so what
> version is best to run?
>
> Thanks,
>
> glenn
>
>
> "Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" <x-code@no-spam-please.hotpop.c om> wrote in message
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>> Hi glenn,
>>
>> RegAsm is the right tool, and you have two options:
>>
>> a) Deploying the .NET assembly to the GAC and registering it with regasm
>> from there. The assembly will need to be strong-named.
>> b) Deploying the assembly elsewhere and specifying the /codebase option[/color]
> when[color=green]
>> registering it with RegAsm.
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
>>
>>
>> "glenn" <ghancock@softe ksoftware.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23lK4TdRU FHA.3056@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..[color=darkred]
>> >I have written a COM Server in C# and its working perfectly. I am not
>> >ready
>> > to deploy to client computers to begin the real testing and am now
>> > wondering
>> > how to perform. The part that confuses me is that you can not use
>> > regsvr32
>> > to register the COM server so I'm wondering if placing it inside the[/color][/color]
> .NET[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > library will automatically take care of registering it so non managed[/color][/color]
> code[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > programs can access it or do I have to manually use the regasm program[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > register it on each computer.
>> >
>> > And if regasm is what I use, then what is the best method since this
>> > program
>> > is not in a windows path and there are different versions of it on most
>> > computers.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > glenn
>> >
>> >[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]