Summary

Synopsis

This article discusses how to automatically register .dll, .olb, .ocx, .tlb, or .exe files in a setup on a target system. The article applies to Basic MSI Project Type.

Discussion

Follow these steps to manually register a .dll, .olb, .ocx, .tlb, or .exe file:

1. Highlight the file for which you want to enable self-registration.

2. Click the Properties button to open the File Details dialog box.

3. Click on the COM and .NET settings tab and select the drop-down list for Registration Type. From this list, select the self-register option.

Express automatically detects if a file is self-registering and displays it by posting an identifying icon next to the file's name in the File Groups window. However, there could be a situation where you would like Express to ignore a file's built-in self-registration functionality during the installation. You can toggle this property on or off by selecting or deselecting the "Allow Express to Self-Register this file" check box. This functionality also works in the reverse, where selecting it for a normally non-self-registering file marks the file to be self-registered as part of the installation.