How To Export a COM+ Application to Client Computers

This article describes how to export a COM+ application so that client computers can use it remotely.

The first step in exporting a COM+ application to a client computer is to export the COM+ application to an *.msi file. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. At the computer where the COM+ application is already installed, in Component Services, right-click the COM+ application that will be exported, and then click Export.
2. In the second screen of the wizard, click the Application Proxy option, and then specify a name and location for the *.msi file.

The second step is to install the *.msi file on to the client computer. The client computer can be running Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP. For the COM+ component client proxy to be installed on an operating system other than Windows 2000 or Windows XP, the system should have the latest Microsoft Windows Installer installed.

For additional information about how to download the Microsoft Windows Installer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: After Microsoft Windows Installer has been installed on the client computer, copy the *.msi file that was generated while exporting the COM+ application to the client computer, and then double-click it.

The COM+ application is now installed so that client applications can use it remotely.

To uninstall the COM+ application from the client computer, start Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel, select the installed package, and click Add/Remove.