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eladef
Level 7
‎Apr 01, 2008 06:26 AM

Registration of 64 bit COM components

Hi

IS 2008 does not support extracting COM information from 64-bit files and from what I know these are the alternatives

1. Use Windows Installer self-registration.
2. Create CA that register the files by code
3. Use a third-party tool to extract the COM information and than import the REG file into the component containing the respective DLL.

Any other suggestions ?
What do you think will be the best way to handle it ?
Did someone know about a 3rd party tool that can be used to extract the COM information ?
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hidenori
Level 17
‎Apr 01, 2008 11:13 AM

The InstallShield Self-Registration method in InstallShield 2008 supports 64-bit self-registration. Here is the description from the release notes:

Support for 64-Bit Self-Registration of COM Servers (Basic MSI Projects)
InstallShield now includes support for 64-bit self-registration of COM servers in Basic MSI projects. If you mark a component as 64 bit and then add a file to that component, you can select the file's Self Register check box to enable 64-bit self-registration of that file during installation. In addition, InstallShield also supports 64-bit self-registration of dynamically linked COM servers.
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