How do register itextsharp DLL?

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I am using itextsharp dll in a C# project and I need to use the project in Microsoft Access.

I need to be able to register the dll's for it to work but everytime I use regasm.exe I get "RegAsm : warning RA0000 : No types were registered".

Is there anything way of registering itextsharp or is there a better way of deploying my project and use it Access?

What I have tried:

I have tried using different versions of Regasm and I tried Regsvr32 but I get "DIIRegisterServer was not found".

I know I am able to do it by registering through Visual Studio but I need to do it manually so it can be deployed to an end users PC.

Posted 10-Jun-18 10:02am

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Updated 11-Jun-18 0:47am

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BillWoodruff 11-Jun-18 0:41am

Consider posting your question as an issue on the ITextSharp open-source project page.

F-ES Sitecore 11-Jun-18 4:33am

You can only "register" COM DLLs, if iTextSharp isn't a COM DLL then you can't register it or use it with COM-based languages like VBA. As suggested you'll need to write your own COM object in c# that exposes methods that can be used by VBA and those methods will use iTextSharp. You might even find someone has already written one if you google "itextsharp com wrapper"

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2018-06-10T10:34:00

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All exposed classes and methods have have the comvisible attribute. If textsharp classes/methods don’t have that attribute, you’ll probably have to write a wrapper assembly that does it.

I’m just guessing, I don’t know anything about itextsharp, and abhor MS Access and VBA.

Posted 10-Jun-18 10:34am

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Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2018-06-11T00:49:00

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I am using itextsharp dll in a C# project and I need to use the project in Microsoft Access.

Not sure what you need... Do you want to register itextsharp.dll or c# project (exported to dll) in MS Access?

If you want to use your c# project in VBA, i'd strongly recommend to read this: Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM | Microsoft Docs[^]

A complete instruction how to create a dll for VBA, you'll find here: How to create C# or VB.Net DLLs for VB or VBA in Access or Excel[^]