Hi,

I need to extract come information out of my com dlls I know how do it
using 'RegOverridePredefKey'.

Is this safe to add the registration info to the registry table
only ,or must I use all other com related tables?

It's recommended not to use any self-registration anymore but only the
registry table whenever possible.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608%28VS.85%29.aspx

Best regards,
Sebastian Brand

Deployment consultant
E-Mail: sebast...@instyler.com

Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly.
http://www.instyler.com

On Oct 7, 10:52 am, tomix <tome...@gmail.com> wrote:

It is relatively 'safe' to import the registration into the registry
table, but you will lose the self-heal functionality that using the
COM tables (ClassID, ProgID, etc) gives you. If another application
instantiates a COM object that you have registered in your package and
there is a requirement for that package to repair, it won't happen.
In reality I'm sure that's not much of an issue. In fact I've rarely
seen a case where it has mattered at all.

One thing I would say is that (and I'm sure you're already aware of
this) registering COM DLLs will give you different results based on
what else is registered on that machine. I suppose that's the only
plus side of using the SelfReg table, in that the registration is
dynamic and 'tailored' to the individual machine at the time of
installation. If you capture COM registration information and add it
as static Registry table data you could have missed something which
should have been written because DLL 'x' was registered on the target
machine but not the one you captured on.

Hope that a) makes sense and b) is helpful.

It's recommended not to use any self-registration anymore but only the
registry table whenever possible.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608%28VS.85%29.aspx

Best regards,
Sebastian Brand

Deployment consultant
E-Mail: sebast...@instyler.com

Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly.
http://www.instyler.com

On Oct 7, 10:52 am, tomix <tome...@gmail.com> wrote: