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Windows 7 & IToolBar/ICommand Deployment Issues?

JamesCrandall

Has anyone run into deployment issues with a custom IToolBar/Command Class and a regular old Setup Project that builds an .msi on a Windows7 Pro (32bit I think) machine????

I have a user that for some reason cannot load the extension/toolbar (it's not really an extension exactly). But after running the .msi (no error), then choosing "Add From File" to load the .tlb, it still does not show up in the Commands list (so as to place a check to turn the toolbar on).

This same .msi runs and the toolbar shows up just fine on all other installs.

Thanks for any input.

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JamesCrandall

I know the OP is about W7, but I think my initial problems stemmed from a flawed ICommand/IToolBarDef. Well, they DO work, I just wasn't able to register them with ESRIRegAsm and a Setup package.

This is silly, but completely on me as to why I could manually "Add From File" the .tlb and the Toolbar would appear. Basically I was missing 2 seperate COM Registration functions, which I *thought* were the same thing, but apparently are not and both are required in the #Region of the IToolBarDef in order for ESRIRegAsm to register it and have it automatically appear after the setup is run.

So, just here it is. I already had the "ArcGISCategoryRegistration/Unregistration sub's, but was missing the RegisterFunction/UnRegisterFunction sub's. These were added just below the COM GUID's #Region:

#Region "COM Registration Function(s)"
    <ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
    Public Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
        ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
        ArcGISCategoryRegistration(registerType)

        'Add any COM registration code after the ArcGISCategoryRegistration() call

    End Sub

    <ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
    Public Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
        ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
        ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(registerType)

        'Add any COM unregistration code after the ArcGISCategoryUnregistration() call

    End Sub
#Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommandBars.Register(regKey)

    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommandBars.Unregister(regKey)

    End Sub

#End Region
#End Region

JamesCrandall

Well.... I was finally able to manually register the components, and I still need to implement Neil's suggested solution by way of the Setup/Installer, but the following is how I was able to get this resolved:

First of all, the .msi always ran without error, directories correctly created, .dll's all copied over, etc... The only issue with the Setup package is that it simply doesn't register the components. (still working on this, but very close).

So... I HAVE HAD to get this thing going on the client's W7 workstation and even though no errors would popup after selecing to Customize-->Add From File (it always said "Objects Loaded"), but the toolbar would NOT show up in the list of Commands! So, here's what you do:

Right-Click the shortcut to start ArcMap10 and choose "Run as Administrator". Then go thru the "Add From File" process and the Toolbar will show up in the list of Commands.

Yep.

Here's some credit to the problem solver (2nd from last post): http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/5602-Add-from-file-customize-tools-in-Win-7-fails?highlight=manually+register

Neil -- can't thank you enough and I'll report back after I implement your suggestions on getting the actual setup.exe to do this registering stuff for me rather than having to hack thru these things manually.

James

JamesCrandall

I see that I incorrectly told you that your original installer class code was for registering an addin. That's not true, that is the code you need for your installer to kick off the component category registration for ArcGIS 10. The code I posted in that reply is for ArcGIS 9.3.1 and earlier. So, if you're deploying for 10 your original installer class code should work now that you corrected the registration code in your toolbar class. If you're deploying for 9.3.1 or earlier then I'm not sure what the problem might be. I think someone mentioned that the installer needs elevated permissions in order to run correctly. You can do this by right-clicking the setup.exe and choosing Run as Admin. I'm not at my work computer right now so I can't look at our installers to see what else we may be doing.

Thanks a bunch for following along and contributing to this issue, Neil -- I appreciate the efforts.

I can most certainly revert back to adding that Installer class back into the original assembly (where the ICommand/Toolbar classes are located), no problem! However, since that time I have used the walkthru as a guide and ditched that Installer and went with the recommended InvokeESRIRegAsm.dll/assembly approach (where they suggest to create a whole new project that contains the Installer class and you add this as a reference in the Setup project).

I assume that I should remove this "new" Installer class/assembly and revert back to the original approach and continue with the updates I have made? Yes, this is all for ArcGIS10, I've finally had all clients moved on from 9.x!

NeilClemmons_GISinc

I see that I incorrectly told you that your original installer class code was for registering an addin. That's not true, that is the code you need for your installer to kick off the component category registration for ArcGIS 10. The code I posted in that reply is for ArcGIS 9.3.1 and earlier. So, if you're deploying for 10 your original installer class code should work now that you corrected the registration code in your toolbar class. If you're deploying for 9.3.1 or earlier then I'm not sure what the problem might be. I think someone mentioned that the installer needs elevated permissions in order to run correctly. You can do this by right-clicking the setup.exe and choosing Run as Admin. I'm not at my work computer right now so I can't look at our installers to see what else we may be doing.

JamesCrandall

The component category registration code in your toolbar class is registering the toolbar in MxCommands. It should be registering it in MxCommandBars.

I had really hoped it was (and still hope it is) something like this. Unfortunately, it still did not register either the Toolbar or Command. Here are the changes I made to the ToolbarDef class:

#Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommandBars.Register(regKey)

    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommandBars.Unregister(regKey)

    End Sub

#End Region

NeilClemmons_GISinc

The component category registration code in your toolbar class is registering the toolbar in MxCommands. It should be registering it in MxCommandBars.

JamesCrandall

Couldn't add the IToobarDef class code:

<ComClass(FireToolBarDef.ClassId, FireToolBarDef.InterfaceId, FireToolBarDef.EventsId)> _
Public Class FireToolBarDef
    Implements IToolBarDef

#Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommands.Register(regKey)

    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommands.Unregister(regKey)

    End Sub

#End Region
#End Region
#Region "COM GUIDs"
    ' These  GUIDs provide the COM identity for this class 
    ' and its COM interfaces. If you change them, existing 
    ' clients will no longer be able to access the class.
    Public Const ClassId As String = "3a781dce-3d88-40be-9351-e0f5d7cdfabf"
    Public Const InterfaceId As String = "44fdf1a2-255e-4e36-8c09-e59c2d67182a"
    Public Const EventsId As String = "a0b77313-5f65-4a41-9d90-779112341e6c"
#End Region

    ' A creatable COM class must have a Public Sub New() 
    ' with no parameters, otherwise, the class will not be 
    ' registered in the COM registry and cannot be created 
    ' via CreateObject.
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Caption() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolBarDef.Caption
        Get
            Return "Fire_V3.1"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Sub GetItemInfo(ByVal pos As Integer, ByVal itemDef As ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IItemDef) Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolBarDef.GetItemInfo
        Select Case pos
            Case 0
                itemDef.ID = "Fire_v3_1.clsFire"
                itemDef.Group = True
        End Select
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property ItemCount() As Integer Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolBarDef.ItemCount
        Get
            Return 1
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolBarDef.Name
        Get
            Return "Fire_V3.1"
        End Get
    End Property
End Class

JamesCrandall

I am still not having any success with this. So, I went back and tried to get this to work on a WinXP platform and I still cannot get the COM component to register (however, I can load the ICommand/IToolbar Class by way of Customize-->Add From File-->.tlb on the XP workstation).

So, here is everything I have. If there is anything blaringly incorrect, please let me know.

clsFire.vb is the ICommand and IToolbar class. The app utilizesa UserControl (you'll see that I pass the app ref to it in the OnCreate):

<ComClass(clsFire.ClassId, clsFire.InterfaceId, clsFire.EventsId), ProgId("Fire_v3_1.clsFire")> _
Public Class clsFire
    'ProgId("Fire_v2_0.clsFire_v2")>
    Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand
    Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolControl
    Private m_pApp As IApplication
    Private pDoc As IMxDocument
    Private pMap As IMap
    Private pLayer As IFeatureLayer
    Private sLayerName As String
    Private m_completionNotify As ICompletionNotify

    Private m_FireUC As FireUC = New FireUC



#Region "COM GUIDs"
    ' These  GUIDs provide the COM identity for this class 
    ' and its COM interfaces. If you change them, existing 
    ' clients will no longer be able to access the class.
    Public Const ClassId As String = "01cf11bf-9fac-45e6-892a-4fc0fe020753"
    Public Const InterfaceId As String = "732b6107-f31b-4078-b257-a718f725500e"
    Public Const EventsId As String = "03223c0d-bf75-4b00-9cb8-966ed1428b18"
#End Region

#Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommands.Register(regKey)

    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        MxCommands.Unregister(regKey)

    End Sub

#End Region

    ' A creatable COM class must have a Public Sub New() 
    ' with no parameters, otherwise, the class will not be 
    ' registered in the COM registry and cannot be created 
    ' via CreateObject.
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Bitmap() As Integer Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Bitmap
        Get

        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Caption() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Caption
        Get
            Return "Fire_V3.1"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Category() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Category
        Get
            Return "Fire_V3.1"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Checked() As Boolean Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Checked
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Enabled() As Boolean Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Enabled
        Get
            Return True
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpContextID() As Integer Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.HelpContextID
        Get

        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpFile() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.HelpFile
        Get
            Return ""
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Message() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Message
        Get
            Return ""
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Name
        Get
            Return "Fire_V3.1" '"clsFire"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Sub OnCreate(ByVal hook As Object) Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.OnCreate
        Try

            System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles()

            If Not (hook Is Nothing) Then
                If TypeOf (hook) Is IMxApplication Then
                    m_pApp = CType(hook, IApplication)
                    m_FireUC.m_pApp = m_pApp
                End If
            End If

            If Nothing Is m_FireUC Then
                m_FireUC = New FireUC
                m_FireUC.CreateControl()
            End If

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString)
            Exit Sub
        End Try
    End Sub

    Public Sub OnClick() Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.OnClick

    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Tooltip() As String Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICommand.Tooltip
        Get
            Return "clsFire"
        End Get
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property hWnd() As Integer Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolControl.hWnd
        Get

            If Nothing Is m_FireUC Then
                m_FireUC = New FireUC
                m_FireUC.CreateControl()
            End If
            hWnd = m_FireUC.Handle.ToInt32

        End Get
    End Property
    Public Function OnDrop(ByVal barType As ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.esriCmdBarType) As Boolean Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolControl.OnDrop
        OnDrop = True
    End Function
    Public Sub OnFocus(ByVal complete As ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.ICompletionNotify) Implements ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI.IToolControl.OnFocus
        m_FireUC.CompletionNotify = complete
    End Sub
End Class

Then, I have followed the steps exactly as outlined here:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/index.html#/How_to_deploy_a_custom_component_using_a_setup_project/00010000016r000000/

The InvokeESRIRegAsm project and Installer class are EXACTLY as described in the walkthru.

The Setup Project itself has been created EXACTLY as outlined in the walkthru. Additionally, I have tried a multitude of various settings for the Install/Uninstall of the CustomActionData settings -- all of which produce the same behavior:

The install runs without error, the directories are created and the referenced .dll's all copied over. But the registration does not work. I am not sure if there is something incorrect in the ICommand Name/Category/Caption properties of clsFire (which is why I have posted), but again the Toolbar does not show up in the Toolbars or Commands listings.

I CAN register the files manually by way of Customize-->Add from file, but this is only on XP machines. This does not work on W7 machines, which is why I believe there is something else going wrong in my Setup or InvokeESRIRegAsm.

Any more help is greatly appreciated.

JamesCrandall

Thanks for your detailed reply, Sean. I'll take another stab creating a new setup project (yes that's the link I was following originally) and try the settings you specify. Will keep you posted.

Again --- thanks for your effort and help!

James,

I had to do a similar thing for an editor component this morning and found it didn't work either so i spent the last couple of hours working out whats going on. Fortunately its an 'easy' fix.
Presumably you're using the procedure from: How to deploy a custom component using a setup project.

If your deploying to a windows 7 machine then User Account Control (UAC) is probably turned on by default. This means that ESRIRegAsm.exe needs to run as administrator to actually do anything useful. Being part of the administrators group in windows 7 isnt good enough, the exe will need to run with elevated privileges (I usually set the program compatibility to run as administrator when manually working with dll's).

To do this in your setup, add the following lines in the installer class (in the InvokeESRIRegAsm project) to read:
ProcessInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
ProcessInfo.Verb = "runas"; //aka run as administrator
in the ExecuteCommand procedure.

You'll also have to change the custom action scripts in the Setup project itself.
Try entering /arg1="[TARGETDIR]\???.dll" for the install and uninstall custom action scripts. (replace ??? with your dll name of course).

This works for me anyway. I'll have a chat to the SDK team about the doc...

Anonymous User

James,

I had to do a similar thing for an editor component this morning and found it didn't work either so i spent the last couple of hours working out whats going on. Fortunately its an 'easy' fix.
Presumably you're using the procedure from: How to deploy a custom component using a setup project.

If your deploying to a windows 7 machine then User Account Control (UAC) is probably turned on by default. This means that ESRIRegAsm.exe needs to run as administrator to actually do anything useful. Being part of the administrators group in windows 7 isnt good enough, the exe will need to run with elevated privileges (I usually set the program compatibility to run as administrator when manually working with dll's).

To do this in your setup, add the following lines in the installer class (in the InvokeESRIRegAsm project) to read:
ProcessInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
ProcessInfo.Verb = "runas"; //aka run as administrator
in the ExecuteCommand procedure.

You'll also have to change the custom action scripts in the Setup project itself.
Try entering /arg1="[TARGETDIR]\???.dll" for the install and uninstall custom action scripts. (replace ??? with your dll name of course).

This works for me anyway. I'll have a chat to the SDK team about the doc...

JamesCrandall

Hello James,

If your development environment is 32 bit and are deploying on 64 bit machine then build your application with the compiler option set to x86 in visual studio solution.

ESRI components have to be compiled as x86, even though they are being deployed on 64 bit machine.

Sumit

Sumit,

Thank you for your reply/input. The problem is that the client computer is 32-bit running W7 (I am told) and I am unsure what the dev machine is right now. What if the dev computer is 64-bit? What option should it be set to then?

Thanks again!

james

SumitSharma

Hello James,

If your development environment is 32 bit and are deploying on 64 bit machine then build your application with the compiler option set to x86 in visual studio solution.

ESRI components have to be compiled as x86, even though they are being deployed on 64 bit machine.

Sumit

JamesCrandall

No, the component category registration code is the code that actually registers the class with the component categories.

I must have an issue with my ICommand class (probably with the Category/Name properties, really don't know at this point). In any event....

I am getting a little desperate to get this installed on the client. Can anyone explain why I can manually register the .tlb (via Customize-->Add From File) without any problem EXCEPT on a Windows7 32-bit computer (using admin priv's account at login)?

Edit: the ArcObjects SDK does not appear to be installed correctly as I cannot see any of the ArcGIS project templates or have the ArcGIS Component Category Registrar.

NeilClemmons_GISinc

No, the component category registration code is the code that actually registers the class with the component categories. ESRI has a VS addin that will generate this code for you if you have the SDK installed and are using a supported version of VS. Since we develop for 9.3.1 using VS2010 (which is unsupported at 9.3.1) we don't use that addin and instead copy the code from existing classes that were created back when we could use that addin. It is important to make sure this code is registering the class in the correct category.

Yes, you can use categories.exe to see what classes have been registered. If your toolbar class is showing up under the Mx CommandBars category, then it is properly registered. If it is showing up under Mx Commands (or another category) then it is registered in the wrong category. If you can't find it at all, then it's not registered.

JamesCrandall

The class that implements IToolbarDef needs to have the component category registration code included in its code module.

Do you mean to include the Sub Install/Uninstall in the IToolbarDef class? In other words, just copy over those 2 subs into the IToolbarDef class? How do they get initiated from within that class (Sub New)? Just a little confused on this.

Make sure that code is registering with the MxCommandBars category.

Just running the Categories.exe would show the list, right? Or is this no longer available with ArcGIS 10 install?

NeilClemmons_GISinc

The class that implements IToolbarDef needs to have the component category registration code included in its code module. Make sure that code is registering with the MxCommandBars category. We use VS2010 so we aren't able to use the ESRI addins that come with the 9.3.1 SDK. We have to copy the component registration code from existing classes and I've accidentally copied it from a command class before instead of a toolbar class.

JamesCrandall

Neil,

Thanks again for the code.

Problem --- after adding the corrected code below, the client reports that the toolbar/extension did not show up in the list (by right-clicking the menu area) after running the .msi package (logged in as admin). They attempted to load the .tlb with "Add From File" again, which resulted in the same behavior --- it added the objects, but do not show up in the list to be able to "put a check" into the box to turn on the toolbar.

Additonally, the .msi ran without any issues/hiccups and the installation folder is good! So, there are no problems with the install.

Any help is appreciated.

That is code to register an addin. The code for registering COM components is different.

Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Configuration.Install
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.AccessControl


Public Class Installer1

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Component Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add initialization code after the call to InitializeComponent

    End Sub

    Public Overrides Sub Install(ByVal stateSaver As System.Collections.IDictionary)
        Dim pRegSvr As New RegistrationServices

        Try
            MyBase.Install(stateSaver)

            If Not pRegSvr.RegisterAssembly(MyBase.GetType().Assembly, AssemblyRegistrationFlags.SetCodeBase) Then
                Throw New InstallException("COM registration failed.  Some or all of the application classes are not properly registered in the ESRI component categories.")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Install Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub

    Public Overrides Sub Uninstall(ByVal savedState As System.Collections.IDictionary)
        Dim pRegSvr As New RegistrationServices

        Try
            MyBase.Uninstall(savedState)

            If Not pRegSvr.UnregisterAssembly(MyBase.GetType().Assembly) Then
                Throw New InstallException("COM unregistration failed.  Some or all of the application classes were not properly removed from the ESRI component categories.")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Uninstall Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub

End Class

JamesCrandall

That is code to register an addin. The code for registering COM components is different.

Well hellsbells....

Thanks a bunch! I'll re-work the Installer class with the suggested code you provided.

NeilClemmons_GISinc

That is code to register an addin. The code for registering COM components is different.

Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Configuration.Install
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.AccessControl


Public Class Installer1

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Component Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add initialization code after the call to InitializeComponent

    End Sub

    Public Overrides Sub Install(ByVal stateSaver As System.Collections.IDictionary)
        Dim pRegSvr As New RegistrationServices

        Try
            MyBase.Install(stateSaver)

            If Not pRegSvr.RegisterAssembly(MyBase.GetType().Assembly, AssemblyRegistrationFlags.SetCodeBase) Then
                Throw New InstallException("COM registration failed.  Some or all of the application classes are not properly registered in the ESRI component categories.")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Install Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub

    Public Overrides Sub Uninstall(ByVal savedState As System.Collections.IDictionary)
        Dim pRegSvr As New RegistrationServices

        Try
            MyBase.Uninstall(savedState)

            If Not pRegSvr.UnregisterAssembly(MyBase.GetType().Assembly) Then
                Throw New InstallException("COM unregistration failed.  Some or all of the application classes were not properly removed from the ESRI component categories.")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Uninstall Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub

End Class

JamesCrandall

Does the user have admin privileges on the machine? If not, Add from File won't work for them because it requires entries to be created in the system registry. Also, you can have your installer do this during install (it will also need admin rights). There's really no need to require the user to do anything other than run your installer then open ArcMap and turn on your toolbar.

Neil, thanks for the feedback...

Quite possibly that would be the issue because the InstallerClass (which contains the registration process code) doesn't seem to work. True, the person installing the .msi will log in as Admin then run the .msi --- but unsure if that same person is doing the "Add From File" (not likely as per your comments).

You are right, the InstallerClass should be doing the registering! Just not sure if the code I have is working as expected. Here is the current code I am using in the InstallerClass to attempt to register the application on install/running the .msi:

Public Overrides Sub Install(ByVal stateSaver As System.Collections.IDictionary)
        MyBase.Install(stateSaver)

        'Register the custom component.
        '-----------------------------

        'The default location of the ESRIRegAsm utility.
        'Note how the whole string is embedded in quotes because of the spaces in the path.
        Dim cmd1 As String = """" + Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonProgramFiles) + "\ArcGIS\bin\ESRIRegAsm.exe" + """"

        Dim part1 As String = Me.Context.Parameters.Item("arg1")

        'Add the appropriate command line switches when invoking the ESRIRegAsm utility.
        'In this case: /p:Desktop = means the ArcGIS Desktop product, /s = means a silent install.
        Dim part2 As String = " /p:Desktop /s"

        'It is important to embed the part1 in quotes in case there are any spaces in the path.
        Dim cmd2 As String = """" + part1 + """" + part2 

        'Call the routing that will execute the ESRIRegAsm utility.
        Dim exitCode As Integer = ExecuteCommand(cmd1, cmd2, 10000)

    End Sub

Public Shared Function ExecuteCommand(ByVal Command1 As String, ByVal Command2 As String, ByVal Timeout As Integer) As Integer

        'Set up a ProcessStartInfo using your path to the executable (Command1) and the command line arguments (Command2).
        Dim ProcessInfo As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo(Command1, Command2)
        ProcessInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
        ProcessInfo.UseShellExecute = False

        'Invoke the process.
        Dim Process As Process = Process.Start(ProcessInfo)
        Process.WaitForExit(Timeout)

        'Finish.
        Dim ExitCode As Integer = Process.ExitCode
        Process.Close()
        Return ExitCode
    End Function

NeilClemmons_GISinc

Does the user have admin privileges on the machine? If not, Add from File won't work for them because it requires entries to be created in the system registry. Also, you can have your installer do this during install (it will also need admin rights). There's really no need to require the user to do anything other than run your installer then open ArcMap and turn on your toolbar.

JamesCrandall

Bumping TTT hoping for some feedback this a.m.!

Thanks

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