creating a setup for a com dll

Question

I am trying to package a com dll in an msi. I want the setup to run a batch file afterwards. The batch file basically points to the WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 folder and runs the regasm command to register the assembly.

How do I get the setup to do this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can't run batch files straight from a VS setup project, but I think you can run scripts that can execute them. Something like this might work:

Set s = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
cmd = "yourbat.bat"
s.Run ("cmd /C " & """" & command & """")
Set s = Nothing

This might not work on all computers though if they don't have the script host installed already, so it might be better to come up with a non batch file way.

Edit: Just remembered a possibly better way of doing this.

I think it would work to, on your pc run RegAsm with the /regfile parameter which creates a regfile containing all the settings needed. Then just add that regfile to your setup project and you won't have to run RegAsm on the client's computer.

Answer 2

A VS Setup project already knows how to register a ComVisible assembly. Set the Register property of the DLL to "vsdrpCOM". No additional post-install commands are needed.