deployment problems with mshtml

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goder - 10 Jun 2005 13:02 GMT

hi,

our app uses the Microsoft.mshtml.dll and our installer (installshield)
installs this dll in the gac. now the program works great for the user who
installed the prog. but not for any other user.
for any other user it's like the mshtml.dll was never installed in the gac.
what are we doing wrong?

thanks in advance

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john armitage - 14 Jun 2005 01:01 GMT

This sounds strangely familiar to a problem that I'm chasing right now.

You register your stuff in the GAC, but where does the actual dll end up
living?
Also, what kind of "users" are we talking about? Admins, limited?

> hi,
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> thanks in advance

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john armitage - 14 Jun 2005 01:06 GMT

er.. sorry, I've been digging around with regasm all day.
I meant "install your stuff in the GAC"

> This sounds strangely familiar to a problem that I'm chasing right now.
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> > thanks in advance

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goder - 14 Jun 2005 12:48 GMT

we tried all kinds of users (admin, limited). the result: only the user that
installed the prog can use it (use the mshtml).
the dll is also located in the prog's root/bin dir.
question: "install your stuff in the GAC" - is "my stuff" the prog we wrote
or the mshtml. the mshtml is registered/installed in the GAC.

> er.. sorry, I've been digging around with regasm all day.
> I meant "install your stuff in the GAC"
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> > > thanks in advance

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john armitage - 14 Jun 2005 16:59 GMT

I was talking about the mshtml file.
What I'm wondering is if that second user (the one that didn't install the
program) has access to the root/bin directory.
I know in one instance we had a dll (not mshtml) installed in the gac, and
it was located in a different location, not the app's main directory. One
user didn't have access to that different location. So even though the dll
was registered, and the gac knew where to look for it, the user didn't have
access to it.
It doesn't really sound like that matches up with your problem though.

> we tried all kinds of users (admin, limited). the result: only the user that
> installed the prog can use it (use the mshtml).
> the dll is also located in the prog's root/bin dir.
> question: "install your stuff in the GAC" - is "my stuff" the prog we wrote
> or the mshtml. the mshtml is registered/installed in the GAC.

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goder - 15 Jun 2005 08:57 GMT

here is the solution:
installshield seems to use the gacutil to install the mshtml into the gac,
but doesn't use the regasm to register it (just as you said).
so that's it: just use the regasm!!!

thanks for yout help!!!!!

> I was talking about the mshtml file.
> What I'm wondering is if that second user (the one that didn't install the
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> > question: "install your stuff in the GAC" - is "my stuff" the prog we wrote
> > or the mshtml. the mshtml is registered/installed in the GAC.

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Joubert Nel - 21 Jun 2005 20:20 GMT

Perhaps consider XCOPY deployment of the interop assembly instead of
installing it in the GAC.

Regards
Joubert

> here is the solution:
> installshield seems to use the gacutil to install the mshtml into the gac,
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> > > question: "install your stuff in the GAC" - is "my stuff" the prog we wrote
> > > or the mshtml. the mshtml is registered/installed in the GAC.

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