[RESOLVED] distributing my app

[Thrain]

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to programming.. and I'm alittle confused as to how I "deploy" my application.

Its a VB.net app using .net framework 2.0 AND some autoITx code, which I access using COM (requires the AutoItX3.dll).

So.. in order to deploy my app to clients...

client must have my compiled .exe (duh!)
client must have .net framework 2.0
client must have autoitx3.dll registered???

i'm not really sure what the best practices are for deployment or how I should include the dll. Its a very simple app that doesn't require any installation, or registry. just run the exe.

any tips or help would be great. thx!

[The_Duck]

Are you using Visual Studio?

Take a look at adding a deployment project to your solution!

Regards,

Darren

[kleinma]

check out this thread

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=387434

[Thrain]

thx for the replies.

Is there a way to automatically include the DLL? I used com to access it. thx

[Thrain]

I ended up running a logon script that copied the AutoITX3dll to a local folder on all client machines. Then, I registered the DLL on all client computers. SImple enough..and it worked.

here is the syntax for dll silent registration:

regsvr32.exe /s c:\dlls\AutoItX3.dll