"paolo" <paolobitech@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:ekETwb$jIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a VB6 app that uses a strongly named assembly written in C#2.0.
>
> On my development machine (VB6) i did regasm with /tlb option then added
> reference in VB6 project in order to "see" the functions defined there,
> everything ok.
>
> Now the question... Is the TLB file needed for deployment or I just can do
> a regasm (with NO /tlb) on the client machine so distribute only the DLL?
>
> From the tests I have done seems like that (TLB is needed only at design
> time or, maybe, VB6 packs the TLB inside the final exe file...), just
> wanted to be sure...
>
> TIA
> Paolo
>

> Just a regasm should work. If you use a setup project you don't need to
> run regasm. Most tools (inclusing VS Setup Projects) run regasm at design
> time and store the registry entries in the MSI file. The install then just
> puts the file on the system and writes the registry entries.
> --

> Phil Wilson
> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]

"paolo" <paolobitech@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:uMp1rVKkIHA.4164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Phil Wilson" <pdjwilson@nospam.cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:%235tPsuBkIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Just a regasm should work. If you use a setup project you don't need to
>> run regasm. Most tools (inclusing VS Setup Projects) run regasm at design
>> time and store the registry entries in the MSI file. The install then
>> just puts the file on the system and writes the registry entries.
>> --
>
> Thanx for answering, Phil.
>
> I did not know that a setup project could register the DLL for me... Even
> a VS6 (old VB6 IDE) setup project would register a dotnet assembly?
>
> I actually wrote a small routine in my VB6 final exe that does the
> registration upon first start (just creates an instance of the object and
> then captures error 429 and launches registration via a batch).
>
>> Phil Wilson
>> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
>
> Thanx
> Paolo
>
>