How do I deploy my RTD Server (Registered for COM Interop)?

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Mike - 14 Jun 2004 21:41 GMT

What's nice about RTD (vs. DDE) is that excel can start the RTD/COM
server just by typing "=RTD("myserver",...)" into a cell.

I've written an RTD server in C# that runs great on my development
machine, but I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to register
it correctly for COM interop on a remote computer using the Windows
Installer.

On my development machine, checking the project property "Register for
COM Interop" appears to take care of things, but how do I deploy my
assembly and have it register for COM correctly on a target computer?

Most of the examples I've seen use gacutil.exe, which isn't available
on a computer without VStudio .NET installed!

Mike

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Gavin Jacobs - 16 Jun 2004 18:36 GMT

I'm not an expert, but probably the easiest is to make a setup program.

> What's nice about RTD (vs. DDE) is that excel can start the RTD/COM
> server just by typing "=RTD("myserver",...)" into a cell.
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> Mike

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Sunny - 16 Jun 2004 19:40 GMT

Hi Mike,
gacutil installs the dll in the GAC. You do not need it to register the
assembly for COM interop. What you need is regasm.exe.

Sunny

> What's nice about RTD (vs. DDE) is that excel can start the RTD/COM
> server just by typing "=RTD("myserver",...)" into a cell.
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> Mike

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Mike Kamzyuk - 13 Jan 2005 18:37 GMT

Does anyone know how to make an exe with the com interface? Isn't a com
interface a dll by definition?

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Fredrik Wahlgren - 13 Jan 2005 19:18 GMT

> Does anyone know how to make an exe with the com interface? Isn't a com
> interface a dll by definition?

No. Applications like Excel have COM interfaces too.

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