User:Pgmurphy/PerlDotNet

Based on http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=392275.

1. Create strong name key.

   sn -k <name>.snk

2. Add strong name key to project.
   1. Right click on the project in VS, choose Properties
   2. In Signing tab, enable signing and browse to .snk
   3. Close project and text edit the .csproj file.
      • Change the path to the SN key to the central copy (<AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>).
3. Build project
4. Register .dll. Must be repeated every time the library is changed.

   gacutil /i <file>.dll

   regasm <file>.dll

5. Call library in Perl

use Win32::OLE;

$hello = new Win32::OLE('HelloDot.HelloWorld') or die $!;
$hello->sayHello();