How to make C# dll accessible as a reference???

[mivey4]

Hi.

I have searched this topic for some time now and have a number of marked resources but nothing seems to work.

I have a project that I've created that has several dll files I've created in C# that I use as a reference within my project. I know I can create a deploy package and include those dll files to be copied to the app directory and the program will run as intended. But preferably I don't want to have the dll files exploited this way.

So I have been trying to find ways to include the files in my project by some other method than to browse to dll and manually bring it in this way. I would prefer to include it as a possibly a COM object and reference it that way. Then I could simply have it registered on the users system during the setup and have the program make calls to the public methods within the dll assembly.

So far I have tried REGASM with the /codebase and also /tbl to create a type library but I still can't see my dll objects in the COM section when I try to reference them.

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?????

I would be extremely grateful for any assistance.

thx

[Plater]

Have you set COM visible to true in your DLLs?
The assembly file in your DLL should have that option, along with the GUID

[mivey4]

Have you set COM visible to true in your DLLs?
The assembly file in your DLL should have that option, along with the GUID

Hi Plater,

yes, in fact I have done this among other things that I've read in documentations including setting the "Register for COM interop" on
and placing the following line of code above the class.

[ComVisible(true),ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType .AutoDual),Guid("AC38E751-EWE0-4791-963C-A0C16370FD49")]

Here's a snippet of my AssemblyInfo.cs file
===============================================

using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("LogParser")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Provides methods for access and manipulation of filesystem files")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("LogParser")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
// to COM components. If you need to access a type in this assembly from
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible(true)]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid("28687fe6-5073-4bab-b6fa-275d4e71f1e7")]

===============================================

thx

[mivey4]

Hi Plater,

yes, in fact I have done this among other things that I've read in documentations including setting the "Register for COM interop" on
and placing the following line of code above the class.

[ComVisible(true),ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType .AutoDual),Guid("AC38E751-EWE0-4791-963C-A0C16370FD49")]

Here's a snippet of my AssemblyInfo.cs file
===============================================

using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("LogParser")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Provides methods for access and manipulation of filesystem files")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("LogParser")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
// to COM components. If you need to access a type in this assembly from
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible(true)]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid("28687fe6-5073-4bab-b6fa-275d4e71f1e7")]

===============================================

thx

Does anyone know where I can find any additional documentation that may be able to help me figure my problem out or is familiar with this process and can provide some clues to set me in the right direction?