Adding components to a COM+ application

Adding components to a COM+ application involves the implementation of the Component Service tree.

About this task

To add components to a COM+ application:

Procedure

  1. From the Component Services tree, navigate to Component Services > Computers > My Computer > COM+ Applications > <Application that you have created> > Components and then right-click Components. Select New > Components.
  2. After the Welcome to COM Component Install Wizard screen appears, click Next.
  3. Select Install New Component.
  4. Browse to INSTALL_DIR/bin/YIFComApi.dll. Select it and select Open. Then click Next and Finish.
  5. Make sure that your system path contains the directories that store the following DLLs:
    • <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/YIFJNIApi.dll
    • <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/release/msvcrt.dll
    • <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/release/msvcp60.dll
    • jvm.dll (usually found under <JAVA_HOME>/jre/bin/hotspot on the client machine)
  6. Verify that the <INSTALL_DIR>/properties directory includes the yfs.properties file and the <INSTALL_DIR>/resources directory includes the yifclient.properties file.
    Note: If you have added any entries to the INSTALL_DIR/properties/customer_overrides.properties file, ensure that this file is included in the <INSTALL_DIR>/properties directory.