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I have created a COM DLL, and it does have AssemblyInfo.vb
However, its version number is not exposed, and I GetFileVersionInfoSize fails:
The contents of AssemblyInfo.vb is the following:
Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
' General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
' set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
' associated with an assembly.
' Review the values of the assembly attributes
<Assembly: AssemblyTitle("NetRTB")>
<Assembly: AssemblyDescription("")>
<Assembly: AssemblyCompany("tws")>
<Assembly: AssemblyProduct("NetRTB")>
<Assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2022")>
<Assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")>
<Assembly: CLSCompliant(True)>
<Assembly: ComVisible(True)>
'The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
<Assembly: Guid("e696c3f8-a01d-4bf8-b645-f179228e4c5f")>
' Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
'
' Major Version
' Minor Version
' Build Number
' Revision
'
' You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
' by using the '*' as shown below:
' <Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")>
<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.1.1.1")>
<Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.1.1.1")>
What could I check?
Thank you!
Edit:
Some code:
Imports Microsoft.InteropFormTools
#If COM_INTEROP_ENABLED Then
'Adds the InteropToolbox to the My namespace
Namespace My
'The HideModuleNameAttribute hides the module name MyInteropToolbox so the syntax becomes My.InteropToolbox.
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleName()> _
Module MyInteropToolbox
Private _toolbox As New InteropToolbox
Public ReadOnly Property InteropToolbox() As InteropToolbox
Get
Return _toolbox
End Get
End Property
End Module
End Namespace
'Helper routines to do additional registration needed by ActiveX controls.
Friend Module ComRegistration
Const OLEMISC_RECOMPOSEONRESIZE As Integer = 1
Const OLEMISC_CANTLINKINSIDE As Integer = 16
Const OLEMISC_INSIDEOUT As Integer = 128
Const OLEMISC_ACTIVATEWHENVISIBLE As Integer = 256
Const OLEMISC_SETCLIENTSITEFIRST As Integer = 131072
Public Sub RegisterControl(ByVal t As Type)
Try
GuardNullType(t, "t")
GuardTypeIsControl(t)
'CLSID
Dim key As String = "CLSID\" & t.GUID.ToString("B")
Using subkey As RegistryKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(key, True)
'InProcServer32
Dim InprocKey As RegistryKey = subkey.OpenSubKey("InprocServer32", True)
If InprocKey IsNot Nothing Then
InprocKey.SetValue(Nothing, Environment.SystemDirectory & "\mscoree.dll")
End If
'Control
Using controlKey As RegistryKey = subkey.CreateSubKey("Control")
End Using
'Misc
Using miscKey As RegistryKey = subkey.CreateSubKey("MiscStatus")
Dim MiscStatusValue As Integer = OLEMISC_RECOMPOSEONRESIZE + _
OLEMISC_CANTLINKINSIDE + OLEMISC_INSIDEOUT + _
OLEMISC_ACTIVATEWHENVISIBLE + OLEMISC_SETCLIENTSITEFIRST
miscKey.SetValue("", MiscStatusValue.ToString, RegistryValueKind.String)
End Using
'ToolBoxBitmap32
Using bitmapKey As RegistryKey = subkey.CreateSubKey("ToolBoxBitmap32")
'If you want to have different icons for each control in this assembly
'you can modify this section to specify a different icon each time.
'Each specified icon must be embedded as a win32resource in the
'assembly; the default one is at index 101, but you can additional ones.
bitmapKey.SetValue("", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location & ", 101", _
RegistryValueKind.String)
End Using
'TypeLib
Using typeLibKey As RegistryKey = subkey.CreateSubKey("TypeLib")
Dim libId As Guid = Marshal.GetTypeLibGuidForAssembly(t.Assembly)
typeLibKey.SetValue("", libId.ToString("B"), RegistryValueKind.String)
End Using
'Version
Using versionKey As RegistryKey = subkey.CreateSubKey("Version")
Dim major, minor As Integer
Marshal.GetTypeLibVersionForAssembly(t.Assembly, major, minor)
versionKey.SetValue("", String.Format("{0}.{1}", major, minor))
End Using
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
LogAndRethrowException("ComRegisterFunction failed.", t, ex)
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub UnregisterControl(ByVal t As Type)
Try
GuardNullType(t, "t")
GuardTypeIsControl(t)
'CLSID
Dim key As String = "CLSID\" & t.GUID.ToString("B")
Registry.ClassesRoot.DeleteSubKeyTree(key)
Catch ex As Exception
LogAndRethrowException("ComUnregisterFunction failed.", t, ex)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub GuardNullType(ByVal t As Type, ByVal param As String)
If t Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentException("The CLR type must be specified.", param)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub GuardTypeIsControl(ByVal t As Type)
If Not GetType(Control).IsAssignableFrom(t) Then
Throw New ArgumentException("Type argument must be a Windows Forms control.")
End If
End Sub
Private Sub LogAndRethrowException(ByVal message As String, ByVal t As Type, ByVal ex As Exception)
Try
If t IsNot Nothing Then
message &= vbCrLf & String.Format("CLR class '{0}'", t.FullName)
End If
Throw New ComRegistrationException(message, ex)
Catch ex2 As Exception
My.Application.Log.WriteException(ex2)
End Try
End Sub
End Module
<Serializable()> _
Public Class ComRegistrationException
Inherits Exception
Public Sub New()
End Sub
Public Sub New(ByVal message As String, ByVal inner As Exception)
MyBase.New(message, inner)
End Sub
End Class
'Helper functions to convert common COM types to their .NET equivalents
<ComVisible(False)> _
Friend Class ActiveXControlHelpers
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.AxHost
Friend Sub New()
MyBase.New(Nothing)
End Sub
Friend Shared Shadows Function GetColorFromOleColor(ByVal oleColor As Integer) As Color
Return AxHost.GetColorFromOleColor(CIntToUInt(oleColor))
End Function
Friend Shared Shadows Function GetOleColorFromColor(ByVal color As Color) As Integer
Return CUIntToInt(AxHost.GetOleColorFromColor(color))
End Function
Friend Shared Function CUIntToInt(ByVal uiArg As UInteger) As Integer
If uiArg <= Integer.MaxValue Then
Return CInt(uiArg)
End If
Return CInt(uiArg - 2 * (CUInt(Integer.MaxValue) + 1))
End Function
Friend Shared Function CIntToUInt(ByVal iArg As Integer) As UInteger
If iArg < 0 Then
Return CUInt(UInteger.MaxValue + iArg + 1)
End If
Return CUInt(iArg)
End Function
Private Const KEY_PRESSED As Integer = &H1000
Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" Alias "GetKeyState" (ByVal ByValnVirtKey As Integer) As Short
Private Shared Function CheckForAccessorKey() As Integer
If My.Computer.Keyboard.AltKeyDown Then
For i As Integer = Keys.A To Keys.Z
If (GetKeyState(i) And KEY_PRESSED) <> 0 Then
Return i
End If
Next
End If
Return -1
End Function
<ComVisible(False)> _
Friend Shared Sub HandleFocus(ByVal f As UserControl)
If My.Computer.Keyboard.AltKeyDown Then
HandleAccessorKey(f.GetNextControl(Nothing, True), f)
Else
'Move to the first control that can receive focus, taking into account
'the possibility that the user pressed <Shift>+<Tab>, in which case we
'need to start at the end and work backwards.
Dim ctl As Control = f.GetNextControl(Nothing, Not My.Computer.Keyboard.ShiftKeyDown)
While ctl IsNot Nothing
If ctl.Enabled AndAlso ctl.CanSelect Then
ctl.Focus()
Exit While
Else
ctl = f.GetNextControl(ctl, Not My.Computer.Keyboard.ShiftKeyDown)
End If
End While
End If
End Sub
Private Shared Sub HandleAccessorKey(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal f As UserControl)
Dim key As Integer = CheckForAccessorKey()
If key = -1 Then Return
Dim ctlCurrent As Control = f.GetNextControl(CType(sender, Control), False)
Do
ctlCurrent = f.GetNextControl(ctlCurrent, True)
If ctlCurrent IsNot Nothing AndAlso Control.IsMnemonic(ChrW(key), ctlCurrent.Text) Then
'VB6 handles conflicts correctly already, so if we handle it also we'll end up
'one control past where the focus should be
If Not KeyConflict(ChrW(key), f) Then
'If we land on a label or other non-selectable control then go to the next
'control in the tab order
If Not ctlCurrent.CanSelect Then
Dim ctlAfterLabel As Control = f.GetNextControl(ctlCurrent, True)
If ctlAfterLabel IsNot Nothing AndAlso ctlAfterLabel.CanFocus Then
ctlAfterLabel.Focus()
End If
Else
ctlCurrent.Focus()
End If
Exit Do
End If
End If
'Loop until we hit the end of the tab order
'If we've hit the end of the tab order we don't want to loop back because the
'parent form's controls come next in the tab order.
Loop Until ctlCurrent Is Nothing
End Sub
Private Shared Function KeyConflict(ByVal key As Char, ByVal u As UserControl) As Boolean
Dim flag As Boolean = False
For Each ctl As Control In u.Controls
If Control.IsMnemonic(key, ctl.Text) Then
If flag Then Return True
flag = True
End If
Next
Return False
End Function
'Handles <Tab> and <Shift>+<Tab>
Friend Shared Sub TabHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs)
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then
Dim ctl As Control = CType(sender, Control)
Dim userCtl As UserControl = GetParentUserControl(ctl)
Dim firstCtl As Control = userCtl.GetNextControl(Nothing, True)
Do Until (firstCtl Is Nothing OrElse firstCtl.CanSelect)
firstCtl = userCtl.GetNextControl(firstCtl, True)
Loop
Dim lastCtl As Control = userCtl.GetNextControl(Nothing, False)
Do Until (lastCtl Is Nothing OrElse lastCtl.CanSelect)
lastCtl = userCtl.GetNextControl(lastCtl, False)
Loop
If ctl Is lastCtl OrElse ctl Is firstCtl OrElse _
lastCtl.Contains(ctl) OrElse firstCtl.Contains(ctl) Then
userCtl.SelectNextControl(CType(sender, Control), lastCtl Is userCtl.ActiveControl, _
True, True, True)
End If
End If
End Sub
Private Shared Function GetParentUserControl(ByVal ctl As Control) As UserControl
If ctl Is Nothing Then Return Nothing
Do Until ctl.Parent Is Nothing
ctl = ctl.Parent
Loop
If ctl IsNot Nothing Then
Return DirectCast(ctl, UserControl)
End If
Return Nothing
End Function
Friend Shared Sub WireUpHandlers(ByVal ctl As Control, ByVal ValidationHandler As EventHandler)
If ctl IsNot Nothing Then
AddHandler ctl.KeyDown, AddressOf ActiveXControlHelpers.TabHandler
AddHandler ctl.LostFocus, ValidationHandler
If ctl.HasChildren Then
For Each child As Control In ctl.Controls
WireUpHandlers(child, ValidationHandler)
Next
End If
End If
End Sub
End Class
#End If
Edit:
This is the contents of the vbproj file as requested:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="Current">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{88F3765B-0831-4323-A217-62D828BF4EEA}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<RootNamespace>NetRTB</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>WinformsRichTextBox</AssemblyName>
<MyType>Windows</MyType>
<Win32Resource>InteropUserControl.res</Win32Resource>
<FileUpgradeFlags>
</FileUpgradeFlags>
<UpgradeBackupLocation>
</UpgradeBackupLocation>
<OldToolsVersion>2.0</OldToolsVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug>
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>WinformsRichTextBox.xml</DocumentationFile>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn>
<DefineConstants>COM_INTEROP_ENABLED=True</DefineConstants>
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<RegisterForComInterop>true</RegisterForComInterop>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug>
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>WinformsRichTextBox.xml</DocumentationFile>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn>
<DefineConstants>COM_INTEROP_ENABLED=True</DefineConstants>
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<RegisterForComInterop>true</RegisterForComInterop>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86'">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug>
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<OutputPath>bin\x86\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>COM_INTEROP_ENABLED=True</DefineConstants>
<DocumentationFile>WinformsRichTextBox.xml</DocumentationFile>
<RegisterForComInterop>true</RegisterForComInterop>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86'">
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<OutputPath>bin\x86\Release\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>COM_INTEROP_ENABLED=True</DefineConstants>
<DocumentationFile>WinformsRichTextBox.xml</DocumentationFile>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<RegisterForComInterop>true</RegisterForComInterop>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.InteropFormTools">
<HintPath>packages\interopformsredist.1.0.0\lib\net20\Microsoft.InteropFormTools.dll</HintPath>
<Private>True</Private>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" />
<Import Include="System" />
<Import Include="System.Collections" />
<Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" />
<Import Include="System.Data" />
<Import Include="System.Diagnostics" />
<Import Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices" />
<Import Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
<Import Include="System.ComponentModel" />
<Import Include="System.Drawing" />
<Import Include="System.Reflection" />
<Import Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices" />
<Import Include="System.Security.Permissions" />
<Import Include="Microsoft.Win32" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="ActiveXControlHelpers.vb" />
<Compile Include="My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb" />
<Compile Include="My Project\Application.Designer.vb">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Application.myapp</DependentUpon>
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="WinformsRTB.Designer.vb">
<DependentUpon>WinformsRTB.vb</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="WinformsRTB.vb">
<SubType>UserControl</SubType>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="My Project\Application.myapp">
<Generator>MyApplicationCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Application.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput>
</None>
<None Include="packages.config" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="InteropUserControl.bmp" />
<Content Include="InteropUserControl.rc">
<DependentUpon>InteropUserControl.manifest</DependentUpon>
</Content>
<None Include="InteropUserControl.manifest" />
<None Include="InteropUserControl.res">
<DependentUpon>InteropUserControl.manifest</DependentUpon>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Service Include="{94E38DFF-614B-4CBD-B67C-F211BB35CE8B}" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="WinformsRTB.resx">
<DependentUpon>WinformsRTB.vb</DependentUpon>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" />
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
<PropertyGroup>
<PreBuildEvent>#echo.
IF EXIST "$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v3.5\Bin\rc.exe" ("$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v3.5\Bin\rc.exe" /r "$(ProjectDir)InteropUserControl.rc") ELSE (IF EXIST "$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v2.0\Bin\rc.exe" ("$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v2.0\Bin\rc.exe"/r "$(ProjectDir)InteropUserControl.rc") ELSE (IF EXIST "$(DevEnvDir)..\Tools\Bin\rc.exe" ("$(DevEnvDir)..\Tools\Bin\rc.exe"/r "$(ProjectDir)InteropUserControl.rc") ELSE (IF EXIST "$(DevEnvDir)..\..\VC\Bin\rc.exe" ("$(DevEnvDir)..\..\VC\Bin\rc.exe"/r "$(ProjectDir)InteropUserControl.rc") ELSE (#Echo Unable to find rc.exe, using default manifest instead))))
#echo.</PreBuildEvent>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Answer 1

Thanks to a comment I have found a solution:
The < Win32Resource > in my project was empty anyways, so I just removed this line.
Now it works.