"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got a custom action dll (all in C#) that is used by my Project
> Installer. Everything works fine. Now, I want the installer to perform
> one
> other thing which can be easily performed by a function in one of my class
> libraries, say MyUtil.dll. Since this additional thing should logically
> be
> performed after the installation it is a good candidate for a custom
> action.
> Question: how can I call the function in my dll from my installer class,
> i.e.
> the child of System.Configuration.Install.Installer?
> It is written all over the net that you can use custom actions to call
> external dlls but I couldn't find anywhere how to do that.
>
> Note: by the time the custom actions start executing MyUtil.dll will be in
> my TARGETDIR.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Anna

"Phil Wilson" wrote:

> It seems to me that you could just add an installer class to MyUtil.dll, add
> it as another custom action to be called, and in its overridden Install
> method you can call your function.
> Your general question doesn't seem like an installation issue to me. You're
> asking how code in one assembly can call code in another assembly, and there
> are ways to do this using Assembly.Load and .NET reflection.
> --
> Phil Wilson
> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
> Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
> http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280
>
> "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A044B08-9856-48AC-80F8-DAB36F87F3AE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got a custom action dll (all in C#) that is used by my Project
> > Installer. Everything works fine. Now, I want the installer to perform
> > one
> > other thing which can be easily performed by a function in one of my class
> > libraries, say MyUtil.dll. Since this additional thing should logically
> > be
> > performed after the installation it is a good candidate for a custom
> > action.
> > Question: how can I call the function in my dll from my installer class,
> > i.e.
> > the child of System.Configuration.Install.Installer?
> > It is written all over the net that you can use custom actions to call
> > external dlls but I couldn't find anywhere how to do that.
> >
> > Note: by the time the custom actions start executing MyUtil.dll will be in
> > my TARGETDIR.
> >
> > Any help will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Anna
>
>