January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1608 pages
38h 34m
English
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Chapter 22. Using APIs Instead of SDK Tools
In This Chapter
• Generating an Assembly from a Type Library
• Generating a Type Library from an Assembly
• Registering and Unregistering Assemblies
• Installing and Uninstalling Serviced Components
• Example: Using the APIs in an Interactive Application
The .NET Framework SDK provides tools for the common tasks essential for COM and COM+ Interoperability. These tools are:
• Type Library Importer (TLBIMP.EXE)
• Type Library Exporter (TLBEXP.EXE)
• Assembly Registration Tool (REGASM.EXE)
• .NET Services Installation Tool (REGSVCS.EXE)
All of these tools are based on .NET Framework APIs that are available for anyone to use. This chapter describes the use of these APIs as an alternative to using the ...