Using the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) Utility

If you want to make the SmartSockets .NET assembly available to all applications on the computer, you can install (register) the assembly in the GAC. This section provides procedures to both install and uninstall the assembly.

Installing the SmartSockets Assembly in the GAC

To install the .NET assembly with the GAC, perform these steps:

  1. Verify that the GAC utility program is installed on the computer. This executable file, gacutil.exe, is usually stored in one of these locations:

    2. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\bin\

    or

    C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<version>\gacutil.exe

  2. Run the GAC utility with the /i (install) option in a SmartSockets console window:

    3. gacutil_dir\gacutil.exe /i "ss_lib_dir\TIBCO.SS.dll"

    where gacutil_dir is the full path to gacutil.exe and
    where ss_lib_dir is the location of the SmartSockets library.

    Example:

    C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\gacutil.exe /i "%RTHOME%\bin\i86_w32\TIBCO.SS.dll"

Uninstalling the SmartSockets Assembly from the GAC

To uninstall the assembly from the GAC:

  1. Verify that the GAC utility program is installed on the computer. (See step 1, above.)
  2. Run the GAC utility with the /u (uninstall) option in a SmartSockets console window:

    3. gacutil_dir /u "ss_lib_dir\TIBCO.SS.dll"

    where gacutil_dir is the full path to gacutil.exe and
    where ss_lib_dir is the location of the SmartSockets library.

    Example:

    C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\gacutil.exe /u "%RTHOME%\bin\i86_w32\TIBCO.SS.dll"

TIBCO SmartSockets™ .NET User’s Guide and Tutorial
Software Release 6.8, July 2006
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