COM dlls using without registering

[Vikas]

Hello,
I am trying to use a COM dll inside my C# application. But my production
environment would not allow be register the COM dll.

Are there any other options by which I can use a method inside this COM
dll without actually registering it using regsvr32?

The consumer of the application is a C# .aspx page.

Thanks,
Vikas

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

Are there any other options by which I can use a method inside this COM
dll without actually registering it using regsvr32?

If the OS supports it (XP and later) you may be able to provide a
side-by-side manifest instead. See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...mcomponentsforregistration-freeactivation.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sbscs/setup/using_side_by_side_assemblies.asp

I'm not sure if this can be configured to work with ASP.NET though.



Mattias

 

[Tony Jinks]

In principle I think you could do it using PInvoke to load the Dll, find the
CoGetClassObject entry point, call that to get an interface pointer, etc,
etc, (i.e. all the stuff that COM does for you if the Dll is registered).
This would probably be much easier with a C++ wrapper containing a mixture
of managed and unmanaged code, though.

Tony Jinks
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