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Patrick_Simons
Level 5
‎Mar 31, 2008 08:46 AM

How does "COM Extract at Build" work?

Does it extract the COM-infos directly out the DLL-File (ie. VB6 DLL) like regsvr32,

or

does it read the infos out of my dev-PC-registry?
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‎Mar 31, 2008 11:28 AM

We use a method similar to the methodology discussed by Junfeng Zhang:
http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2006/08/24/720926.aspx
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zedubal
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‎Mar 31, 2008 06:52 PM

Why is 64-bit COM extraction not implemented? Is there some problem with the approach outlined by Junfeng Zhang on 64-bit machines? Do I have to implement it myself if I don't want to do self registration for 64-bit components?
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Patrick_Simons
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‎Apr 01, 2008 01:44 AM

Tx Brian,

If I understand you well, IS 2008 uses the RegOverridePredefKey-API to extract COM-Info at build-time?
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‎Apr 01, 2008 04:18 AM

In essence, that's how it works. We do quite a bit of extra stuff to make life easier for you as an installation author as well, though.

As far as why 64-bit COM Extraction does not work right now, it's a feature request that we're looking in to.
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‎Apr 01, 2008 04:22 AM

The issue # for that feature request is IOB-000005298.

Sorry, took me a bit to find it.
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Bill_Chan
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‎Jun 09, 2008 12:31 PM

Does COM extraction work for 64-bit setups in IS2009?
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