Hello,

I'm new to VB.net and I have developed a COM visible class library / dll
that I want to install on the target machine. I'm using an MSI file to
install another program that needs to use this COM visible DLL (older
version of Access) and can't seem to find a good google link to figure out
how to include this dll installation without having to be sitting in front
of the computer myself. This will be a remote installation, and all the
search hits I've found have to do with C# or using REGASM.EXE and I can't
find anything that even tells me how to create a "Set Up and Deployment"
(which I'm also new to) package for a single DLL. If all else fails, that
would even be acceptable (creating the separate setup file).

Any help or direction at all would be very helpful.

Thank You.

Rick

On Aug 26, 11:53*am, "Rico" <m...@you.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to VB.net and I have developed a COM visible class library / dll
> that I want to install on the target machine. *I'm using an MSI file to
> install another program that needs to use this COM visible DLL (older
> version of Access) and can't seem to find a good google link to figure out
> how to include this dll installation without having to be sitting in front
> of the computer myself. *This will be a remote installation, and all the
> search hits I've found have to do with C# or using REGASM.EXE and I can't
> find anything that even tells me how to create a "Set Up and Deployment"
> (which I'm also new to) package for a single DLL. *If all else fails, that
> would even be acceptable (creating the separate setup file).
>
> Any help or direction at all would be very helpful.
>

Any project can have a Setup project added to it. If it is a class
library, it is my impression that the MSI to install it will register
it. So any subsequent app that is installed that needs it can find it.

But if you build an MSI with a setup project for an app that uses the
DLL, and the main project references the DLL (not late bound), then
the MSI should include the DLL.

What tool are you using to create the MSI file? Most of them (VS setup
projects included) have a Register property on the Dll that you set to (for
setup projects) vsdraCOM that just does the necessary.
--
Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972


"Rico" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:UTclm.42707$PH1.20457@edtnps82...
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to VB.net and I have developed a COM visible class library / dll
> that I want to install on the target machine. I'm using an MSI file to
> install another program that needs to use this COM visible DLL (older
> version of Access) and can't seem to find a good google link to figure out
> how to include this dll installation without having to be sitting in front
> of the computer myself. This will be a remote installation, and all the
> search hits I've found have to do with C# or using REGASM.EXE and I can't
> find anything that even tells me how to create a "Set Up and Deployment"
> (which I'm also new to) package for a single DLL. If all else fails, that
> would even be acceptable (creating the separate setup file).
>
> Any help or direction at all would be very helpful.
>
> Thank You.
>
> Rick
>
>

Hi Phil,

Thanks for your response. I'm using the SageKey MSI Wizard. With the old
self registering COM dlls, it would handle this fine, but I haven't had
success with the COM visible .NET class library.

Rick



"Wilson, Phil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AB691A1B-62A3-49B0-AE7E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> What tool are you using to create the MSI file? Most of them (VS setup
> projects included) have a Register property on the Dll that you set to
> (for setup projects) vsdraCOM that just does the necessary.
> --
> Phil Wilson
> The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
> http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972
>
>
> "Rico" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:UTclm.42707$PH1.20457@edtnps82...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to VB.net and I have developed a COM visible class library / dll
>> that I want to install on the target machine. I'm using an MSI file to
>> install another program that needs to use this COM visible DLL (older
>> version of Access) and can't seem to find a good google link to figure
>> out how to include this dll installation without having to be sitting in
>> front of the computer myself. This will be a remote installation, and
>> all the search hits I've found have to do with C# or using REGASM.EXE and
>> I can't find anything that even tells me how to create a "Set Up and
>> Deployment" (which I'm also new to) package for a single DLL. If all
>> else fails, that would even be acceptable (creating the separate setup
>> file).
>>
>> Any help or direction at all would be very helpful.
>>
>> Thank You.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>