"Matt Long" <matt.long@matthew-long.com> wrote in message
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> I have a COM+ component that accomplishes the following:
>
> 1. Unzips a zip file into a temp directory
> 2. Parses a raw text file from the zip and converts it to XML
> 3. Bulk loads the XML into a database
> 4. Runs several stored procedures
> 5. Cleans up all of the temp files
>
> This is all accomplished by calling a VBScript that instatiates my
> serviced component (written in C#) which depends on the following
> assemblies:
>
> Zip and Unzip Capabilities - ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (stright
> .NET)
> XML Bulk Loading - Interop.SQLXMLBULKLOADLib.dll (this was
> generated with tlbimp.exe with a snk file on xblkld3.dll--.NET wrapper
> for a COM component)
> Serviced Component - Software4.TransAn.DataImport.dll
> Raw Data Parser (EZSCan) -
> Software4.TransAn.DataImport.Drivers.EZScan.dll (stright .NET)
> Raw Data Parser (ScanMaster) -
> Software4.TransAn.DataImport.Drivers.ScanMaster.dll (straight .NET)
>
> The two data parsers are never used at the same time and they are
> loaded at runtime using reflection.
>
> I am having trouble understanding how things work between the
> different technologies represented here. My serviced component is
> written in C#, however, it accesses other assemblies that are straight
> .NET. But it also accesses assemblies such as the bulk loader that are
> just COM components. I have yet to get this to work and I believe this
> has to do with the fact that I don't know exactly where each object is
> looking to find the assemblies it depends on.
>
> When I run my VBScript, it just looks in component services to get the
> object it needs, but from there, how can I access the other assemblies
> I am dependant on. I don't want to put them into the GAC because they
> are not shared components, so how do I make them available to my
> serviced component?
>
> -Matt