Question

I have created a COM enabled .NET User Control and am wondering what is the best way to deploy this to users to use the control in a web page ?

Is cab the way to go with this ? I understand that I will need to regasm the control on the user’s machine.
Would a regular msi be better and easier to use for this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

You actually don’t need to register a .net assembly if it’s hosted on a web server, you can just use the overloaded <OBJECT> tag:

<OBJECT id="Obj1" classid="Assembly.dll#Full.Namespace.ControlName">            

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317346:

This usage is very powerful, because .NET assemblies install by using the new zero-impact Fusion technology, which enables assembly installation without the need to write any secondary information to the user’s registry. To update the control is as simple as downloading a new copy (which the Runtime takes care of automatically); removing it from the computer is as simple as removing the assembly from the Fusion download cache.

Also see: How To: Deploy COM Interop Programs to Internet Explorer