Custom registration with regasm?

Question

Hi,

I've got a .NET assembly that I want to expose to a COM client.  I've set the necessary attributes, GUID creation, etc, and I can call my .NET assembly from a COM client successfully.

As part of the registration process (I'm using regasm /codebase), I'd like to have some additional custom registry entries created. For example, I'd like to create a custom category as the value of an Implemented Categories subkey of my component's CLSID (e.g. HKCR\CLSID\{My CLSID}\Implemented Categories). I'd also like to create a TypeLib key under HKCR\CLSID\{My CLSID}\TypeLib, and in that TypeLib key set the default value to the GUID of the object's type library.

Is it possible to have additional registry entries created when I register my assembly via regasm?

Thanks,

Notre

Answer 1

Hello Notre,

1. Sounds like you need the ComRegisterFunctionAttribute and the ComUnregisterFunctionAttribute.

2. Please refer to : "Perform Custom Action during Registration of a Managed COM Server" for sample code :

https://limbioliong.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/adding-additional-data-when-registering-c-com-servers/

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Answer 2

Hello,

Follow the links below. It may help you.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973913.aspx

http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/NET/9826f81b-278c-49cc-a912-ab8d86f5e91e.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tzat5yw6%28v=vs.71%29.aspx

Answer 3

Perfect Bio - this is exactly what I needed.

Cheers,

Notre