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Deploy Add-Ins

To deploy Add-Ins to users' sites, follow the steps below:

  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; for example:
     
    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; for example:
     
    C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe "C:\Program Files\MyCompany\EAAddin\EAAddin.dll" /codebase
     
  1. Place a new entry into the registry using the registry editor (run regedit) so that Enterprise Architect recognizes the presence of your Add-In.
  2. Add a new key value EAAddIns under the location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sparx Systems
     
    NameRegKey
     
  3. Add a new key under this key with the project name.
     
    Add-inRegistry
     

Note:

[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.
  1. Specify the default value by modifying the default value of the key.
     
    RegKeyValue
     
  2. Enter the value of the key by typing in the [project name].[class name]; for example, EaRequirements.Requirements, where EaRequirements is the project name, as shown in the example below.
     
    NameRegKeyValue