Deploying Assemblies with COM-Exported Components

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It is recommended that you deploy assemblies that have COM-exported components (including pipeline components) in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), instead of using “codebase=<full-path>” under the component's class ID.

Installing assemblies in the GAC requires them to be strongly named (that is, fully signed with a public/private key pair).

If the Visual Basic .NET or C# pipeline component is installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), then running the Register Assembly Utility (regasm.exe) will register the component.

See Also

MinMaxShip Sample Pipeline Component

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