register assembly not working

[SteveRing]

If you haven't put the dll into the gac, you need to register it with the /codebase flag. I don't know if you've installed the assembly in the gac or not.

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

It is indeed a weird problem. Have you had any luck installing other 4.0 assemblies?

[SteveRing]

No. I only have two assemblies that are also com accessible. Neither of them register. They are both managed c++ if that makes any difference.

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

I am sorry that you are experiencing this problem. I am looking into it and will keep you updated.

Best

[giaviv]

SteveRing,

I would advise you in the mean while to use "regasm.exe" as a work around. Are you sure that your assembly is strong signed?

Thanks

[SteveRing]

I'm sure that it's has a strong sign. If it didn't I couldn't install it into the gac. I'm not exactly sure how I would use regasm, as I don't know where it would be installed. Is there some variable that tells me where the 4.0 gac is etc.?

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

I have been looking into this and I have been able to sign other strong names assemblies to the GAC with InstallAware. I will continue my research, but so far it looks like there is a problem with your specific DLL - please try and check it on your end and make sure that it is valid, has no dependencies etc.

Thanks

[SteveRing]

It installs to the gac ok. It wouldn't do this if it didn't have a strong name. And, while there it's usable as a .net assembly, so there are no missing dependencies. If there were it wouldn't load and wouldn't work as an assembly. And, I can open a dos window, as an admin, go to the gac and use regasm on the assembly - again indicating that it has no missing dependencies, and it will then work as an activex object as well. So, I'm not sure what else I can check.
What happens if you make a strong name assembly using c++?

[SteveRing]

I'm leaving for a week, and won't be back to check on this till the 24th. So, you'll have a while to figure this out (hopefully).

[SteveRing]

Were you able to find a solution to this?

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

Unfortunately - no. Again, I was able to sign my own 4.0 .NET assemblies that I compiled here. I know that it's weird that your assemblies register with regasm but not with IA, but I can't point to anything being wrong with IA since my assemblies register just fine..

Please let me know your thoughts

[SteveRing]

Were your assemblies in c# or C++. I'm wondering if the problem is that the c++ assemblies get installed into GAC_32 instead of GAC_MSIL. So, were you trying a c++ assembly?

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

They were C# assemblies...

[SteveRing]

Can you try a c++ one and see if that works for you?

[giaviv]

Dear SteveRing,

Is there a C++ assembly that you can send me (preferably a 3rd party one)?