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Deploy Add-Ins

Deploy Add-Ins to users' sites

Step

Action

See also

1

Add the Add-In DLL file to an appropriate directory on the user's computer; that is:

     C:\Program Files\( new dir )

2

Register the DLL as appropriate to your platform:

  • If compiled as a native Win32 DDL, such as VB6 or C++, register the DDL using the regsvr32 command from the command prompt
          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\MyCompany\EAAddin\EAAddin.dll"
  • If compiled as a .NET DLL, such as C# or VB.NET, register the DLL using the RegAsm command from the command prompt
         C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe "C:\Program Files\MyCompany\EAAddin\
         EAAddin.dll"/codebase

3

Place a new entry into the registry using the registry editor (run regedit) so that Enterprise Architect recognizes the presence of your Add-In.

4

Add a new key value EAAddIns under the location:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sparx Systems for single users
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sparx Systems for multiple users on a machine

5

Add a new key under this key with the project name.

(ProjectName) is not necessarily the name of your DLL, but the name of the Project; in Visual Basic, this is the value for the property Name corresponding to the project file.

6

Specify the default value by modifying the default value of the key.

7

Enter the value of the key by typing in the (project name).(class name), such as:

      EaRequirements.Requirements

where EaRequirements is the project name, as shown in this example: