DLL registration. Somebody tell me the truth, dammit!

[Gregg]

"You want the truth? YOU CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH!"

*cough*

Okay, I just got this question on my transcender-cross-your-fingers-and-hope-to-pass practice test:

"What two methods can be used to register an out of process component with the operating system on a developer's computer?"

ANSWER: You can use the RegSvr32 program or compile it in VB. Either method will register it with the operating system on the developer's computer.

I thought that creating a package and deployment package and using the generated setup.exe would register it to the developers computer as well. Is there some reason why this isn't an option?

[Iain17]

The setup program uses regsvr32 to register the dll, that is why. You dont need to install a package on the developers computer becuase the developer will have all of the required files.