I need to create a WIX installer which will register one of our COM libraries. As a fresh user in WIX as well as in COM, I couldn't find a standard way to do it. I am using WIX 3.6
Here is how I do it. Firstly, I have one class library which is marked as "Register for COM interop" in VS2010, so now I have both myLib.dll and myLib.tlb files. Then I think I need to use heat to harvest the type library. In http://stackoverflow.com/questions/567925/typelib-generation-and-installation-with-wix this link , it suggests that I should simply make the command like "heat file c:\my\path\to\myLib.tlb -out tlb.wxs". I checked the generated wxs file, changed the GUID, but since I had a little problem there using the ComponentRef(it said unresolved reference), I decided to just copy the component declaration part to my main Product.wxs, hoping it will do the same thing, after all, the generated one is just a ComponentRef. And here is the code snapshot: <Component Id="tlbReference" Guid="MY_GUID"> <File Id="myLib.tlb" KeyPath="yes" Source="myLib.tlb"> <TypeLib Id="{GENERATED_ID_WHICH_I_JUST_USED}" Description="SOME DESCRIPTION FROM MY LIB" Language="0" MajorVersion="525" MinorVersion="0"> <Interface Id="{GENERATED_ID}" Name="NAME_FROM_LIB" ProxyStubClassId32="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" /> ...MORE INTERFACES </TypeLib> </File> </Component> Besides, I also make myLib.dll as one Component in the same folder where the TypeLib element is put, so both dll and tlb file will be there(I don't know whether it is necessary). However, after compilation of the installer and installation, I still find my COM functions not working. I checked the registry, it seems that in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes, there doesn't exist my newly-supposed-to-register classes. Anybody can tell me what I missed or did wrong? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Proper-way-to-Register-COM-TypeLib-tp7571310.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
