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Packaging and distributing my dll

Author
25 May 2005 3:50 PM
Leo2005
Hi

I have created a dll (xyz.dll) and an exe (abc.exe) that I would like to put
up as an open source. I would also like to give a set of directories that
contains sample programs that demonstrates the usage of the 'xyz.dll' and
'abc.exe'. How would I distribute/package it ? Where should the 'dll' and
'exe' reside in the directory? Should the assemblies put in the GAC? Any
comment is really appreciated. Thanks.

Author
25 May 2005 4:03 PM
Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]
I would put the exe and dll in the destination folder, and the samples in a
subfolder of it. No GAC is involved here, unless xyz.dll is used by other
apps.

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Carlos J. Quintero

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"Leo2005" <Leo2***@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hi
>
> I have created a dll (xyz.dll) and an exe (abc.exe) that I would like to
> put
> up as an open source. I would also like to give a set of directories that
> contains sample programs that demonstrates the usage of the 'xyz.dll' and
> 'abc.exe'. How would I distribute/package it ? Where should the 'dll' and
> 'exe' reside in the directory? Should the assemblies put in the GAC? Any
> comment is really appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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Author
25 May 2005 4:28 PM
Leo2005
Hello Carlos,

Thanks for the quik response. By destination folder, do you mean to say the
folder that I would 'zip' to the users? Please let me know. Thanks.


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"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" wrote:

> I would put the exe and dll in the destination folder, and the samples in a
> subfolder of it. No GAC is involved here, unless xyz.dll is used by other
> apps.
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
> You can code, design and document much faster.
> Free resources for add-in developers:
> http://www.mztools.com
>
> "Leo2005" <Leo2***@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:ACD80F41-8B71-490C-A03D-F8E64DCB2E81@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have created a dll (xyz.dll) and an exe (abc.exe) that I would like to
> > put
> > up as an open source. I would also like to give a set of directories that
> > contains sample programs that demonstrates the usage of the 'xyz.dll' and
> > 'abc.exe'. How would I distribute/package it ? Where should the 'dll' and
> > 'exe' reside in the directory? Should the assemblies put in the GAC? Any
> > comment is really appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Author
25 May 2005 4:32 PM
Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]
The destination folder is the one that the installer asks to the user,
typically C:\Program Files\MyApp. If you are using a zip file rather than an
installer, then it is the folder where the user unzip the files.

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

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"Leo2005" <Leo2***@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hello Carlos,
>
> Thanks for the quik response. By destination folder, do you mean to say
> the
> folder that I would 'zip' to the users? Please let me know. Thanks.
>

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