Re: deployment of a .NET DLL

From: Bob Powell [MVP] (bob_at__spamkiller_bobpowell.net)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:54:29 +0200

Hi,
You don't need to redistribute gacutil because the .net framework, which has
that in it, must be installed before you install your application.

The deployment project in Visual Studio has the ability to install
assemblies into the GAC for you. Right click the "File System On Target
Machine" root node and select "Add Special Folder" then select "Global
Assembly Cache Folder"

The installer will automatically place the DLL in the GAC for you.

To strongly name the DLL, create a key by running the Visual Studio Command
Prompt which can be found in the VS menu in your start bar. Use the command
line:

sn -k <keyfile>.snk

A key file will be generated..

Then, in the AssemblyInfo.cs file, edit the assembly: AssemblyKeyFile entry
to include the path to your key file. such as..

[assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("c:\mykeyfile.snk")]

The DLL will be built as a signed assembly.

There is a great guide to this in MSDN which you can find online or in the
Visual Studio help called "Creating and Using Strong-Named Assemblies" 

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"songie D" <songie@d.com> wrote in message
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>
> > 1. http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/gac.aspx
> >
> > 2. Dont know. Sorry
> >
> > 3. Yes. Gacutil is provided in the .NET framework SDK as is the SN
> utility.
>
> Is it redistributable? What I'm getting at, is that Inno is the method I
> would
> be using to deploy my C# program as it has quite powerful features.
> So, would I be able to put gacutil.exe in my package, and configure it
> such that it would extract the .NET framework, install that, then extract
> gacutil.exe, and then subsequently cause it to install the DLL?
> i.e. more a question of would I be allowed to, I'm sure I could work out
> how to. Surely others have run into this problem, is there not a good
> documented
> method or anything? I'll check the website you gave me though...
>
> And how do I 'strongly name' the DLL? (using 'SN' utility? how do I access
> that?)
>
>
> >
> > -- 
> > Bob Powell [MVP]
> > Visual C#, System.Drawing
> >
> > Image transition effects, automatic persistent configuration and
> > design time mouse operations all in April's issue of Well Formed
> > http://www.bobpowell.net/wellformed.htm
> >
> > Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ
> > http://www.bobpowell.net/gdiplus_faq.htm
> >
> > The GDI+ FAQ RSS feed: http://www.bobpowell.net/faqfeed.xml
> > Windows Forms Tips and Tricks RSS:
http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.xml
> > Bob's Blog: http://royo.is-a-geek.com/siteFeeder/GetFeed.aspx?FeedId=41
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "songie D" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3EAF3528-AC3F-44B5-BC0B-69A2DD1A736B@microsoft.com...
> > > 1) Is there a simple tutorial on using gacutil.exe ?
> > >
> > > 2) Can gacutil.exe be made to work with Inno setup creator?
> > >
> > > 3) Does installing the .NET framework mean that you've got
gacutil.exe?
> >
> >
>
>

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