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AssemblyInstaller Class

Loads an assembly, and runs all the installers in it.

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      System.Configuration.Install.Installer
        System.Configuration.Install.AssemblyInstaller

Namespace:  System.Configuration.Install
Assembly:  System.Configuration.Install (in System.Configuration.Install.dll)
public class AssemblyInstaller : Installer

The AssemblyInstaller type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method AssemblyInstaller() Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyInstaller class.
Public method AssemblyInstaller(Assembly, String[]) Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyInstaller class, and specifies both the assembly to install and the command line to use when creating a new InstallContext object.
Public method AssemblyInstaller(String, String[]) Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyInstaller class, and specifies both the file name of the assembly to install and the command line to use when creating a new InstallContext object for the assembly's installation.
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  Name Description
Public property Assembly Gets or sets the assembly to install.
Protected property CanRaiseEvents Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. (Inherited from Component.)
Public property CommandLine Gets or sets the command line to use when creating a new InstallContext object for the assembly's installation.
Public property Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. (Inherited from Component.)
Public property Context Gets or sets information about the current installation. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected property DesignMode Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. (Inherited from Component.)
Protected property Events Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. (Inherited from Component.)
Public property HelpText Gets the help text for all the installers in the installer collection. (Overrides Installer.HelpText.)
Public property Installers Gets the collection of installers that this installer contains. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public property Parent Gets or sets the installer containing the collection that this installer belongs to. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public property Path Gets or sets the path of the assembly to install.
Public property Site Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. (Inherited from Component.)
Public property UseNewContext Gets or sets a value indicating whether to create a new InstallContext object for the assembly's installation.
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  Name Description
Public method Static member CheckIfInstallable Checks to see if the specified assembly can be installed.
Public method Commit Completes the installation transaction. (Overrides Installer.Commit(IDictionary).)
Public method CreateObjRef Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. (Inherited from Component.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the Component and optionally releases the managed resources. (Inherited from Component.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Component.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetLifetimeService Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Protected method GetService Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. (Inherited from Component.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method InitializeLifetimeService Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method Install Performs the installation. (Overrides Installer.Install(IDictionary).)
Protected method MemberwiseClone() Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone(Boolean) Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Protected method OnAfterInstall Raises the AfterInstall event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnAfterRollback Raises the AfterRollback event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnAfterUninstall Raises the AfterUninstall event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnBeforeInstall Raises the BeforeInstall event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnBeforeRollback Raises the BeforeRollback event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnBeforeUninstall Raises the BeforeUninstall event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnCommitted Raises the Committed event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Protected method OnCommitting Raises the Committing event. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public method Rollback Restores the computer to the state it was in before the installation. (Overrides Installer.Rollback(IDictionary).)
Public method ToString Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. (Inherited from Component.)
Public method Uninstall Removes an installation. (Overrides Installer.Uninstall(IDictionary).)
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  Name Description
Public event AfterInstall Occurs after the Install methods of all the installers in the Installers property have run. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event AfterRollback Occurs after the installations of all the installers in the Installers property are rolled back. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event AfterUninstall Occurs after all the installers in the Installers property perform their uninstallation operations. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event BeforeInstall Occurs before the Install method of each installer in the installer collection has run. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event BeforeRollback Occurs before the installers in the Installers property are rolled back. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event BeforeUninstall Occurs before the installers in the Installers property perform their uninstall operations. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event Committed Occurs after all the installers in the Installers property have committed their installations. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event Committing Occurs before the installers in the Installers property committ their installations. (Inherited from Installer.)
Public event Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose method. (Inherited from Component.)
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In the following example, an AssemblyInstaller is created by invoking the AssemblyInstaller constructor. The properties of this object are set and the Install and Commit methods are called to install the MyAssembly.exe assembly.


using System;
using System.Configuration.Install;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

class AssemblyInstaller_Example
{
   static void Main()
   {
      IDictionary mySavedState = new Hashtable();

      Console.WriteLine( "" );

      try
      {
         // Set the commandline argument array for 'logfile'.
         string[] commandLineOptions = new string[ 1 ] {"/LogFile=example.log"};

         // Create an object of the 'AssemblyInstaller' class.
         AssemblyInstaller myAssemblyInstaller = new 
                     AssemblyInstaller( "MyAssembly.exe" , commandLineOptions );

         myAssemblyInstaller.UseNewContext = true;

         // Install the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
         myAssemblyInstaller.Install( mySavedState );

         // Commit the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
         myAssemblyInstaller.Commit( mySavedState );
      }
      catch (ArgumentException)
      {
      }
      catch (Exception e)
      {
         Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
      }
   }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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