How to register COM component

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Mervin Williams - 13 Oct 2004 15:17 GMT

I have created a setup project for my application which includes a non .NET
managed code COM object. My COM component is automatically registered when
I build my project.

I'm having problems registering the COM component during installation. In
my setup project, I set the Register property to "vsdrpCOM" for the Primary
Output from the COM project element. But, upon installation my COM
component is not registered.

How do I get my COM component to register during installation?

Thanks in advance,

Mervin Williams

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Carlos J. Quintero [MVP] - 13 Oct 2004 16:12 GMT

Using vsdrpCOMSelfRegister should work fine.

If not, some pointers:

1) Try to create a simple setup project sample that registers for COM a
(activex) file (not a project output), to see if it works.

2) Use the proper option of msiexec to create an installation log and
examine its contents to see why is failing.

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> I have created a setup project for my application which includes a non .NET
> managed code COM object. My COM component is automatically registered when
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> Mervin Williams

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???F - 14 Oct 2004 01:51 GMT

Use ShellExecute to run 'regsvr32 ...dll'

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