The following checklist summarizes the deployment steps for COM components.
Application directory: The COM component's DLL.
Application directory: The Panther application library containing the service components, such as server.lib.
Application directory: If the application library name is not server.lib, smvars.bin containing a setting for SMFLIBS.
server.lib
smvars.bin
SMFLIBS
The Panther DLLs must be in the system's PATH, typically $SMBASE\bin.
$SMBASE\bin
The COM component must be registered as needed for COM, DCOM, or MTS.
Register the COM component using regsvr32.exe.
regsvr32.exe
Register the COM component using regcli32.bat or the Install option of the component's .inf file.
egcli32.bat
.inf file
Register the COM component using the Microsoft Management Console.
For each component package, run the MTS-generated installation file on the application clients.
