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IRegistrationServices Interface

.NET Framework 4.5

Provides a set of services for registering and unregistering managed assemblies for use from COM.

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[GuidAttribute("CCBD682C-73A5-4568-B8B0-C7007E11ABA2")]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface IRegistrationServices

The IRegistrationServices type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	GetManagedCategoryGuid	Returns the GUID of the COM category that contains the managed classes.
	GetProgIdForType	Retrieves the COM ProgID for a specified type.
	GetRegistrableTypesInAssembly	Retrieves a list of classes in an assembly that would be registered by a call to RegisterAssembly.
	RegisterAssembly	Registers the classes in a managed assembly to enable creation from COM.
	RegisterTypeForComClients	Registers the specified type with COM using the specified GUID.
	TypeRepresentsComType	Determines whether the specified type is a COM type.
	TypeRequiresRegistration	Determines whether the specified type requires registration.
	UnregisterAssembly	Unregisters the classes in a managed assembly.

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Remarks

Registration is needed when the objects within an assembly are being used by COM clients.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace

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