Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
Hello,
this is a working example of a COM object registration:
Component Id=COMComponent Guid=insert GUID here
File Id=DtmDll Source=YOUR_DLL_NAME_HERE KeyPath=yes /
Class Id={$(var.C_DtmClassId)} Context=InprocServer32
Description=$(var.C_DtmDll) ForeignServer=mscoree.dll
ProgId Id=$(var.C_DtmProgId) Description=$(var.C_DtmClass) /
/Class
!-- .NET Category --
RegistryValue Root=HKCR Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\Implemented
Categories\{62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29} Value= Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR
Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32\$(var.D_ProductVersion)
Name=Class Value=$(var.C_DtmClass)Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR
Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32\$(var.D_ProductVersion)
Name=Assembly Value=$(var.D_ProductFqn) Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR
Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32\$(var.D_ProductVersion)
Name=RuntimeVersion Value=$(var.D_ProductImageRuntime) Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR
Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32\$(var.D_ProductVersion)
Name=CodeBase Value=file:///[#DtmDll]Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32
Name=Class Value=$(var.C_DtmClass)Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32
Name=Assembly Value=$(var.D_ProductFqn) Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32
Name=RuntimeVersion Value=$(var.D_ProductImageRuntime) Type=string
Action=write /
RegistryValue Root=HKCR Key=CLSID\{$(var.C_DtmClassId)}\InprocServer32
Name=CodeBase Value=file:///[#DtmDll]Type=string
Action=write /
/Component
Examples for the defines:
D_Product_Fqn: Adm2.Adm.Dtm, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=7b26e28fb8781288
C_DtmClass: Adm2.Adm.Dtm.Adm
D_ProductImageRuntime: v1.1.4322
C_DtmClassId: COM Class GUID
C_DtmProgId: COM ProgId
D_ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
I hope you can see in there what you need/want to do.
Dirk
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 15:55, Christopher Painter
chr...@deploymentengineering.com wrote:
regasm /regfile doesn't always work because if you have any user defined
register functions they will not be in the regfile. From what I've seen of
heat, it's not vunerable to this extraction problem. InstallShield does
have this problem.
Personally I wrote a little UI over heat that watches a directory for
changes and spits out a wix fragment. I just scrape up the harvested XML
and paste it into my installer source.
- Original Message
From: gree...@cox.net gree...@cox.net
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com
Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 2:48:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
I saw regasm in the CustomAction element, so I am assuming that this is a
.NET assembly exposing COM objects. Use the /reg option to create a .reg
file containing all of the registry settings. Then you can manually enter
these values into the Wix projects.
Wix has some tools that can automate some of this, but check the results
and make sure what you have is correct. What you may need to do is run a CA
to set the Codebase value in the registry for the installed COM .NET
assembly.. The value regasm puts in the .REG file will not be value for the
install.
Regards,
greenaj
Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after
InstallFinalized. Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot
be used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how
to do the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix
project reference, why I
Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
The other thing to worry about is that RegAsm on an assembly will generate a
type library and register it. RegAsm /regfile will create you a reg file but
will not generate any type library Interface entries. Whether this matters or
not depends on your COM interfaces, but if it does matter then an explicit type
library needs generating for Heat etc to create HKCR\Interface entries for.
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 8:55 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Cc: Elfe Xu
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
regasm /regfile doesn't always work because if you have any user defined
register functions they will not be in the regfile. From what I've seen of
heat, it's not vunerable to this extraction problem. InstallShield does have
this problem.
Personally I wrote a little UI over heat that watches a directory for changes
and spits out a wix fragment. I just scrape up the harvested XML and paste it
into my installer source.
- Original Message
From: gree...@cox.net gree...@cox.net
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com
Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 2:48:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
I saw regasm in the CustomAction element, so I am assuming that this is a .NET
assembly exposing COM objects. Use the /reg option to create a .reg file
containing all of the registry settings. Then you can manually enter these
values into the Wix projects.
Wix has some tools that can automate some of this, but check the results and
make sure what you have is correct. What you may need to do is run a CA to set
the Codebase value in the registry for the installed COM .NET assembly.. The
value regasm puts in the .REG file will not be value for the install.
Regards,
greenaj
Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after InstallFinalized.
Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot be
used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how to do
the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix project
reference, why I get the error of Test.dll could not be added. Please make
sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid WiX reference.
Because of this failure, I can only add the file by the relevant path. Not
sure if it is a cause of the register failure.
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
regasm /regfile doesn't always work because if you have any user defined
register functions they will not be in the regfile. From what I've seen of
heat, it's not vunerable to this extraction problem. InstallShield does have
this problem.
Personally I wrote a little UI over heat that watches a directory for changes
and spits out a wix fragment. I just scrape up the harvested XML and paste it
into my installer source.
- Original Message
From: gree...@cox.net gree...@cox.net
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com
Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 2:48:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
I saw regasm in the CustomAction element, so I am assuming that this is a .NET
assembly exposing COM objects. Use the /reg option to create a .reg file
containing all of the registry settings. Then you can manually enter these
values into the Wix projects.
Wix has some tools that can automate some of this, but check the results and
make sure what you have is correct. What you may need to do is run a CA to set
the Codebase value in the registry for the installed COM .NET assembly.. The
value regasm puts in the .REG file will not be value for the install.
Regards,
greenaj
Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after InstallFinalized.
Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot be
used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how to do
the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix project
reference, why I get the error of Test.dll could not be added. Please make
sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid WiX reference.
Because of this failure, I can only add the file by the relevant path. Not
sure if it is a cause of the register failure.
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
I saw regasm in the CustomAction element, so I am assuming that this is a .NET
assembly exposing COM objects. Use the /reg option to create a .reg file
containing all of the registry settings. Then you can manually enter these
values into the Wix projects.
Wix has some tools that can automate some of this, but check the results and
make sure what you have is correct. What you may need to do is run a CA to set
the Codebase value in the registry for the installed COM .NET assembly.. The
value regasm puts in the .REG file will not be value for the install.
Regards,
greenaj
Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after InstallFinalized.
Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot be
used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how to do
the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix project
reference, why I get the error of Test.dll could not be added. Please make
sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid WiX reference.
Because of this failure, I can only add the file by the relevant path. Not
sure if it is a cause of the register failure.
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
SelfReg is bad. Use heat.exe to capture the registration in .wxs form.
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Elfe Xu elf...@microsoft.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after InstallFinalized.
Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot be
used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how to
do the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix project
reference, why I get the error of Test.dll could not be added. Please make
sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid WiX reference.
Because of this failure, I can only add the file by the relevant path. Not
sure if it is a cause of the register failure.
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
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