Traditional COM Registration

InstallShield 2020

Project:This information applies to the following project types:

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Basic MSI

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DIM

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InstallScript MSI

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Merge Module

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MSI Database

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MSM Database

InstallShield supports multiple methods for registering a COM server on a target machine. The following methods are the ones used traditionally:

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The COM information can be extracted from the file at build time (or design time) and written to the COM-related tables of your .msi database.

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The COM server’s self-registration function can be called at installation time.

The first method listed—extracting the COM information and writing it to the .msi database—is preferred over the self-registration method. The first method writes the COM class information to the Class, ProgID, and Registry tables of the .msi database.