IRegistrationServices.RegisterAssembly Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Registers the classes in a managed assembly to enable creation from COM.

public:
 bool RegisterAssembly(System::Reflection::Assembly ^ assembly, System::Runtime::InteropServices::AssemblyRegistrationFlags flags);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public bool RegisterAssembly (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.Runtime.InteropServices.AssemblyRegistrationFlags flags);

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
abstract member RegisterAssembly : System.Reflection.Assembly * System.Runtime.InteropServices.AssemblyRegistrationFlags -> bool

Public Function RegisterAssembly (assembly As Assembly, flags As AssemblyRegistrationFlags) As Boolean

Parameters

assembly

Assembly

The assembly to be registered.

flags

AssemblyRegistrationFlags

An AssemblyRegistrationFlags value indicating any special settings needed when registering assembly.

Returns

Boolean

true if assembly contains types that were successfully registered; otherwise false if the assembly contains no eligible types.

Attributes

SecurityCriticalAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

assembly is null.

InvalidOperationException

The full name of assembly is null.

-or-

A method marked with ComRegisterFunctionAttribute is not static.

-or-

There is more than one method marked with ComRegisterFunctionAttribute at a given level of the hierarchy.

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The signature of the method marked with ComRegisterFunctionAttribute is not valid.

Remarks

RegisterAssembly adds the appropriate registry entries for the types in the specified assembly. This method also calls any registration functions found in the assembly.

Use Assembly.Load to get an assembly.