How to call a C# DLL from InstallerClass overrides?
- by simpleton
I have a setup and deployment project. In it I have an Installer.cs class, created from the basic Installer Class template.
In the Install override, I have this code taken from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d.aspx.
public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver)
{
base.Install(stateSaver);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.microsoft.com");
}
Everything works when I install the application, but the problem arises when I try to call anything from an external C# class library that I also wrote.
Example:
public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver)
{
base.Install(stateSaver);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.microsoft.com");
MyLibrary.SomeMethod();
}
The problem is, I don't believe the library call is actually happening. I tagged the entire process line by line, with EventLog.WriteEvent()s, and each line in the Install override is seemlingly 'hit', putting entries in the event log, but I do not receive any exceptions for the library call SomeMethod(), yet the EventLog entries and other actions inside SomeMethod() are never created nor any of its actions taken.
Any ideas?
