Custom COM Component Installation Guide: Your Step-by-Step Resource

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
    * Product Information
    * Resources
    * Package Definition
    * Requirements
    * User Interface
    * System Changes
    * Environment Variables
    * Scheduled Tasks
    * Control Panel Applets
    * Game Explorer
    * Windows Firewall
    * Users and Groups
    * COM
    * COM Properties Tab
    * ActiveX Properties Tab
    * AppId Properties Tab
    * Interfaces Properties
    * Type Library Properties
    * COM+ Properties
    * Server
    * Custom Behavior
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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COM Page - Installer Project

On this page you can install and register COMs, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries, DCOMs.

Adding a new Class

Use the [New Class ] toolbar button, the “New Class” tree context menu item or press the Insert key while the “COM, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries” panel is focused.

Adding a new Interface

Use the [New Interface ] toolbar button or the “New Interface” tree context menu item.

Adding a new type library

Use the [New Type Library ] toolbar button, the “New Type Library” tree context menu item or press the + key while the “COM, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries” panel is focused.

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Adding a new COM+

Use the [New COM+ ] toolbar button, the “New COM+” tree context menu item or press the * key while the “COM, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries” panel is focused.

Importing COM+

Use the [Import COM+ ] toolbar button or the “Import COM+” context menu item.

Editing elements

Use the “Rename” tree context menu item or press theF2 key while an element is selected.

Deleting elements

Use the [Delete ] toolbar button, the “Delete” tree context menu item or press the Delete key while an element from the “COM, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries” panel is selected.

Converting Type Library

Use the [Convert Type Library ] toolbar button or the “Convert Type Library” tree context menu item while an element from the “COM, Interfaces, COM+, Type Libraries” panel is selected.

By default, a type library defined in COM page will be handled and installed through the support of Windows Installer’s TypeLib table. Convert Type Library option will change this behavior by simply extracting the COM registration registries within the type library file and silently import them in Registry page, without the support of TypeLib table.

Topics

• COM Properties Tab
  Specify the COM settings.
• ActiveX Properties Tab
  Specify the ActiveX settings.
• AppId Properties Tab
  Specify the AppId settings.
• Interfaces Properties
  Specify the Interface properties
• Type Library Properties
  Specify the Type Library settings.
• COM+ Properties
  Specify the COM+ properties

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