Hi,
I find the information on registering a COM server a bit confusing. My situation is as follows: The program which the installer installs is an exe file which contains a COM server (and more). To register or unregister the server, the program must be launched with the /RegServer or /UnregServer command line option and under elevated rights. The installer should do that for me.
What I have tried: Right-click exe file -> properties -> registration, turn on "Auto register" -> Message "The selected file could not be registered"
I should add that I am doing this in a merge module project. The merge module is then imported in the main installer project.
Thanks
Hans
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Re: COM EXE Server reister/unregister
Hello Hans,
If I understand correctly from your description, you should register the COM server using a custom action.
For instance, you could use a Launch File custom action that launches the EXE with the "/RegServer" command line passed to it.
Have you tried this and it did not work?
Best regards,
Catalin
If I understand correctly from your description, you should register the COM server using a custom action.
For instance, you could use a Launch File custom action that launches the EXE with the "/RegServer" command line passed to it.
Have you tried this and it did not work?
The "Registration" tab is for DLL and OCX files, not quite sure if EXE files also work being registered there.What I have tried: Right-click exe file -> properties -> registration, turn on "Auto register" -> Message "The selected file could not be registered"
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Catalin
Re: COM EXE Server register/unregister
Hi Catalin, thank you for your reply. This does the trick. But how do I unregister the server during uninstallation?
Best
Hans
Best
Hans
Re: COM EXE Server reister/unregister
Hello Hans,
You are always welcome!
Just now, we have to keep in mind a few things:
1. the unregister should happen before the files are removed - this is because we need to call the EXE and we can not do that if it is removed first. This means before the "Remove Resources" action group.
2. this time, we have to schedule the custom action to only execute on "Uninstall"
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Catalin
You are always welcome!
The same way, actually.But how do I unregister the server during uninstallation?
Just now, we have to keep in mind a few things:
1. the unregister should happen before the files are removed - this is because we need to call the EXE and we can not do that if it is removed first. This means before the "Remove Resources" action group.
2. this time, we have to schedule the custom action to only execute on "Uninstall"
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Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Catalin