Register a C#/VB.NET COM dll programatically

Question

Question: I have a .NET dll which I use from a C++ program. Now I have to register the dll programmatically on a deployment computer.

How do i do that (programmatically! not using regasm) ? I remember, when I once called a VB6 dll from a C++ dll, I had to use DllRegisterServer and DllUnregisterServer.

Is that still so with a .NET dll ?
It seems I have to somehow add the dllregisterserver function to the .NET dll...

Answer 1

HMODULE hModule = ::LoadLibrary(strDllName);
CTLREGPROC DLLRegisterServer = (CTLREGPROC)::GetProcAddress(hModule,"DllRegisterServer" );
DLLRegisterServer();
::FreeLibrary(hModule) ;

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Answer 2

Can you use process monitor to see what system changes (basically registry changes I think) are made when you use regasm.exe to register your dll, and then make those changes programatically instead?

Answer 3

YUK, .NET dlls don't have DllRegisterServer, so you have to write a .NET installer, executing this somewhere:

Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFile (@"c:\temp\ImageConverter.dll");
RegistrationServices regAsm = new RegistrationServices();
bool bResult = regAsm.RegisterAssembly(asm, AssemblyRegistrationFlags.SetCodeBase);