Registering a COM server with WiX

Question

I have been trying to determine a best case solution for registering a COM server using WiX to create a Windows Installer package and am struggling.

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Answer 1

Try this:

1. Create a new .NET project
2. Add a project Reference to the candidate COM dll or OOP exe whose wxs you want to gather
3. Search for the file Interop.candidate.dll (in the obj\debug folder)
4. Run the WiX Heat tool on the interop dll you just found.