Please confirm this

[Chris]

Hi,
I am about to yank more hair form my head here. I created a COM+
Application. It uses the following dlls

3party.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuratio n.dll

The com+ application (Server) works fine on my development machine. I even
created a webservice on my machine that comsumes this com+ dll and it works
excellent. I am even able to consume the webservice form another machine via
a vb.net app. (remember the COM+ PACKAGE and WEBSERVICE is hosted on my
development machine).

I then exported the the COM+ package, as server applicaion, to .MSI file and
then installed it on my server. The installation was successful. From the
server I then expotred an "Application Proxy" to be installed on client
machine. During the installation of the proxy on the client machine, which
will be consuming the COM+ package and hosting the webservice to do so, I get
the error

{"An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for
details. The error is: Could not load file or assembly 3partydll,
Version=3.0.2070.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cdc18889cffe9cf' or one
of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."}

Question1:
Do I also have to deploy all the .dlls used by the COM+ component to the
client machine(s)? If so, doesn't this defeat the purpose of the COM+ Server
Component as being the server hosted on a separate machine?
Question2:
Why didn't my app prompted for the additional .dlls
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuratio n.dll?
Question3:
What's a good book available for reference on COM+. I have been on this
project for weeks and ready to deploy to production and finelly these issues?
This COM+ CRAP IS DEFINITELY NOT EASY!!!

Thanks guys.

[Paul Clement]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:58:05 -0800, "Chris" <Ch***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
¤ Question1:
¤ Do I also have to deploy all the .dlls used by the COM+ component to the
¤ client machine(s)? If so, doesn't this defeat the purpose of the COM+ Server
¤ Component as being the server hosted on a separate machine?

Yes, which is why all you need on the client is the proxy.

¤ Question2:
¤ Why didn't my app prompted for the additional .dlls
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuratio n.dll?

Don't know but they probably need to be in the GAC or your application directory.

¤ Question3:
¤ What's a good book available for reference on COM+. I have been on this
¤ project for weeks and ready to deploy to production and finelly these issues?
¤ This COM+ CRAP IS DEFINITELY NOT EASY!!!

I've only worked with COM+ and VB 6.0 components so I'm afraid I can't recommend a .NET book.
Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

[Chris]

"Yes, which is why all you need on the client is the proxy."

Are you saying that the .dlls need to be on the clinet on which I installed
the proxy?

"Paul Clement" wrote:

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:58:05 -0800, "Chris" <Ch***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
¤ Question1:
¤ Do I also have to deploy all the .dlls used by the COM+ component to the
¤ client machine(s)? If so, doesn't this defeat the purpose of the COM+ Server
¤ Component as being the server hosted on a separate machine?

Yes, which is why all you need on the client is the proxy.

¤ Question2:
¤ Why didn't my app prompted for the additional .dlls
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
¤ Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuratio n.dll?

Don't know but they probably need to be in the GAC or your application directory.

¤ Question3:
¤ What's a good book available for reference on COM+. I have been on this
¤ project for weeks and ready to deploy to production and finelly these issues?
¤ This COM+ CRAP IS DEFINITELY NOT EASY!!!

I've only worked with COM+ and VB 6.0 components so I'm afraid I can't recommend a .NET book.
Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

[Paul Clement]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:57:12 -0800, "Chris" <Ch***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

¤ "Yes, which is why all you need on the client is the proxy."
¤
¤ Are you saying that the .dlls need to be on the clinet on which I installed
¤ the proxy?
¤

Nope. That would defeat the purpose of remoting your component.
Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

[Chris]

Actually my "Application Proxy" needed the dll to be on the client before it
could be installed. I had to load them in the GAC.

Thanks

"Paul Clement" wrote:

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:57:12 -0800, "Chris" <Ch***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

¤ "Yes, which is why all you need on the client is the proxy."
¤
¤ Are you saying that the .dlls need to be on the clinet on which I installed
¤ the proxy?
¤

Nope. That would defeat the purpose of remoting your component.
Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)