Distributing a .NET COM Object without the command line
Related to my
SQL2K webservice post, I spent a couple hours on distributing my .NET/COM object the other day (leading to a few “
” moments). I knew the solution was simple but finding the missing detail on the msdn site was very elusive. Keywords like GAC, install, deployment, etc. are all grossly recurring terms. I even posted to the newsgroups and didn't get an answer back... oh well!
So here are the instructions in the event I ever need them again...
(1) Strong name the assembly.
(2) Create a Setup project.
(3) Right click the setup project and choose 'View/File System'. Add the “Global Assembly Cache Folder“ and drop the primary output from the .NET/COM Object into it.
(4) Highlight the output sitting in the GAC Folder and change the Register property to “vsdrpCOM“.
That's it! I missed step 3 and now can't believe I ever missed that step.
Oh well, onward...