How to register COM components as 32bit architecture in the 64bit Windows system?
Hi everyone!
Please tell me how to set the Installshield project settings to register COM components running on the 32bit (SysWow64)?
I am developing several COM components for the Microsoft Office application. As you know, many of Microsoft Office application are running on the 32 bit architecture. When I'm installing the install package including the COM components with Installsheld default settings (Registration Type : .tlb - Extract COM information, .dll -None) on the Windows 7 64 bit., I can't invoke it from MS-WORD VBA. Writing the registry entries (Wow6432Node) by hand is needed?
Typically all that should be required is ensuring you have extracted or otherwise populated either the Registry or the various COM tables (as exposed in the Advanced Settings nodes of the components) on a 32-bit component (that is, a component whose 64-bit Component setting is No). If you need this in both areas, you should use a component for each, and quite possibly you will need a separate implementation DLL for each. How much of that do you have already?
Thank you very much for your advice! Building the install package using type libraries exported for 32bit platform and install it, VBA applications can recognize them.
Dear MichaelU, Thank you very much for your kind. But creating (activating) these objects registered by the installer was failed in VBA environment on 32bit platform. I continue to inspect this.
