Architecture: My Passion in Life

Summary Extending the ArcGIS applications with custom .NET components requires that the .NET classes are made available to the component object model (COM) runtime by registering the components in the COM registry. The three ways to perform this task are outlined in this document. In addition, if the component is to be used from a COM development environment, you may also want to export a type library, which is also outlined in this document.  Building the project on a development machine Use: On a development machine   When you want to register an assembly for COM interop on a development machine, the simplest way is to open the project in Visual Studio 2005, ensure the project-level Register for COM Interop property is set to true, then build the project.   To check a project's settings, click Project Properties from the Project menu, select the Build (C#) or Compile (VB.NET) page, and select the Register for COM Interop check box. ...

This article describes the basics of Visual Studio setup and deployment projects. Subsequent articles will cover advanced topics, including more on custom actions, .NET installer classes, and how to build an upgrade for the product. Introduction Setup and deployment projects have always been a part of the Visual Studio.NET environment. Setup projects can be used to build various deployment packages, most notably Windows Installer setups packaged as MSI files. I’ll start with a basic setup that installs a C# Windows forms program and adds a shortcut to it. First, select  Setup Project , grouped under  Setup and Deployment  in the  Other Project Types  section. Choosing this will give you an empty project for adding your deployment units. With the project selected in Solution Explorer, the  View->Editor  choice gives you a selection that includes  File System  – this is where you add your files and shortcuts. Application Folder ...