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I have written a .Net Windows Control which I am hosting in Internet
Explorer 6/7 which is working.

The problem I am having is deploying this control to the client
machines. I have created a CAB file, referenced it in the codebase
property of my object tag and get a "Do you want to install ..."
dialogue appearing.

The installer is not working. Can anyone point me to a sample to
create cab/inf files that will install/register my assembly on a
client machine. I've tried adding setup.msi files to the CAB file and
using a hook to run msiexec /i serup.msi asper some examples but to no
avail.

Regards

Simon
Jun 27 '08 #1
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Wrong newsgroup.

This newsgroup is for WebForms, not WinForms.
Try posting your question to the microsoft.publi c.dotnet.framew ork ng on this same server.

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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>I have written a .Net Windows Control which I am hosting in Internet
Explorer 6/7 which is working.

The problem I am having is deploying this control to the client
machines. I have created a CAB file, referenced it in the codebase
property of my object tag and get a "Do you want to install ..."
dialogue appearing.

The installer is not working. Can anyone point me to a sample to
create cab/inf files that will install/register my assembly on a
client machine. I've tried adding setup.msi files to the CAB file and
using a hook to run msiexec /i serup.msi asper some examples but to no
avail.

Regards

Simon


Jun 27 '08 #2
the IE active/x installer is rather simple and uses a restricted inf file
(won't run an installer). it basically copies the ocx dll and supporting to a
folder and registers it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...74(VS.85).aspx

IE supporting winforms is a dead techonology, thus the lask of
documentation. The current story is to use silverlight to host .net
components.
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Billy" wrote:
I have written a .Net Windows Control which I am hosting in Internet
Explorer 6/7 which is working.

The problem I am having is deploying this control to the client
machines. I have created a CAB file, referenced it in the codebase
property of my object tag and get a "Do you want to install ..."
dialogue appearing.

The installer is not working. Can anyone point me to a sample to
create cab/inf files that will install/register my assembly on a
client machine. I've tried adding setup.msi files to the CAB file and
using a hook to run msiexec /i serup.msi asper some examples but to no
avail.

Regards

Simon
Jun 27 '08 #3

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