referencing a .det component without a strong name from a vb6 app -- dotnet interop

Kaustav.
9/21/2005 1:30:01 AM

Hi Naim,

AFAIK you will not be able to do a CCW with that assembly. Strong naming is
required for COM Interop to work. And if you would still wan't to do it, you
would have to reconstruct the assembly (am i hinting at decompilers :p) and
then proceed the usual way to create a CCW.

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TDC
9/22/2005 5:58:52 AM

No you don't have to strong name it. If you put the .NET component in
the same directory as you VB app, and then use RegAsm with the
/codebase option then you can access it fine.

Kaustav.
9/22/2005 7:06:06 AM

TDC is correct. It works. I was not aware of this. However you will get a
warning message for an unsigned assembly -

RegAsm warning: Registering an unsigned assembly with /codebase can cause
your assembly to interfere with other applications that may be installed on
the same computer. The /codebase switch is intended to be used only with
signed assemblies
.. Please give your assembly a strong name and re-register it.
Types registered successfully

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