tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post4849762638971453732..comments2008-10-03T09:59:16.394-05:00Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267chrpai@yahoo.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-72079138338100299352008-10-02T08:44:00.000-05:002008-10-02T08:44:00.000-05:00I'm a little less tired now so here are a few thoughts on how it should be done for someone who was asking:<BR/><BR/>Read "Do not use the SelfReg and TypeLib tables" at:<BR/><BR/>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204770(VS.85).aspx<BR/><BR/>For WiX, take a look at the Component element in the schema reference at:<BR/><BR/>http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_component.htm<BR/><BR/>Take notice of certain child elements such as AppID, Class, ProgID, Registry and so on. The proper technique is to use `COM extraction` to reflect the registration information and emit it declaratively into your installer so MSI can take care of it for you without going out of process to some code ( DllRegisterServer() ) that could fail and also not provide MSI insite into the footprint of the component from a repair and advertisement perspective.Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.com