Error adding a reference to a developed serviced component

[Guest]

I am working through tutorials covering developing serviced components. It
is appears as though they register correctly using regsvcs and do appear in
the MMC snap in. However when I attempt to use them from a project it fails
to add the reference with the messange:

A reference to xxx could not be added. Converting the type library to a
..NET assembly failed. Type library xxx was exported from CLR assembly and
cannot be reimported as a CLR assembly

I have seen this kind of error on other threads but never the explanation to
account for what is going wrong. I am sure it is a simple problem to resolve
- they all are when you know the resolution! Would someone kindly indicate
what I am doing wrong

TIA

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi John:

Does the following KB offer any insight?

PRB: Error Message When You Add a COM Component: Converting the Type
Library to a .NET Assembly Failed
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316142

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

John,

You should not add a reference in COM to this component. Rather, you
should add a reference to the .NET assembly, and then use that. The CLR
will handle hooking up to the COM+ subsystem (which it knows it should do
since your class derives from ServicedComponent) transparently.

Hope this helps.