how do i create a strong named interop dll for shdocvw.dll

Question

I have a Browser Helper Object project in c# that (obviously) references shdocvw.dll. I think I want to create a strongly named interop dll for shdocvw.dll. How do I do this - I've seen a bunch of suggestions out there with aximp.exe and tlimp but I'm not clear how they fit together.

Answer 1

You should be able to use tlbimp with a /keyfile:FileName or /keycontainer:FileName switch to do this. Or I think you used to be able to do it in the IDE, simply by adding a COM reference (there was a checkbox to apply the same key to such).

sn -k new.snk
tlbimp shdocvw.dll /out:axshdocvw.dll /keyfile:new.snk

Obviously you could use your existing key...

You might also want to check that WebBrowser doesn't already do everything you need...