Loads an assembly, and runs all the installers in it.
Namespace: System.Configuration.Install
Assembly: System.Configuration.Install (in system.configuration.install.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class AssemblyInstaller
Inherits Installer
Dim instance As AssemblyInstaller
public class AssemblyInstaller : Installer
public ref class AssemblyInstaller : public Installer
public class AssemblyInstaller extends Installer
public class AssemblyInstaller extends Installer
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.
Imports System
Imports System.Configuration.Install
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Specialized
Class AssemblyInstaller_Example
Shared Sub Main()
Dim mySavedState = New Hashtable()
Console.WriteLine("")
Try
' Set the commandline argument array for 'logfile'.
Dim commandLineOptions(0) As String
commandLineOptions(0) = "/LogFile=example.log"
' Create an object of the 'AssemblyInstaller' class.
Dim myAssemblyInstaller As _
New AssemblyInstaller("MyAssembly.exe", commandLineOptions)
myAssemblyInstaller.UseNewContext = True
' Install the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
myAssemblyInstaller.Install(mySavedState)
' Commit the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
myAssemblyInstaller.Commit(mySavedState)
Catch e As ArgumentException
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'AssemblyInstaller_Example
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 );
#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Configuration.Install.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Configuration::Install;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Collections::Specialized;
int main()
{
IDictionary^ mySavedState = gcnew Hashtable;
Console::WriteLine( "" );
try
{
// Set the commandline argument array for 'logfile'.
array<String^>^commandLineOptions = {"/LogFile=example.log";
// Create an object of the 'AssemblyInstaller' class.
AssemblyInstaller^ myAssemblyInstaller = gcnew 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 );
import System.*;
import System.Configuration.Install.*;
import System.Collections.*;
import System.Collections.Specialized.*;
class AssemblyInstallerExample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
IDictionary mySavedState = new Hashtable();
Console.WriteLine("");
try {
// Set the commandline argument array for 'logfile'.
String commandLineOptions[] =
new String[] { "/LogFile=example.log" ;
// Create an object of the 'AssemblyInstaller' class.
AssemblyInstaller myAssemblyInstaller =
new AssemblyInstaller("MyAssembly.exe", commandLineOptions);
myAssemblyInstaller.set_UseNewContext(true);
// Install the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
myAssemblyInstaller.Install(mySavedState);
// Commit the 'MyAssembly' assembly.
myAssemblyInstaller.Commit(mySavedState);
catch (ArgumentException exp) {
catch (System.Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine(e.get_Message());
//main
//AssemblyInstallerExample
System.Object
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
System.Configuration.Install.Installer
System.Configuration.Install.AssemblyInstaller
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0