I created an Setup project to install my AutoCAD Addin, based in your code
"Develop Applications with VB.NET and C# / Distribute Your Application"
You can see my code below.
I get the following error in the installation
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Configuration.Install;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices;
namespace eGrouWSAutoCADAddin
{
[RunInstaller(true)]
public partial class AddinInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
{
StreamWriter icl_installLog;
public AddinInstaller()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public override void Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
{
// Gets the parameter passed across in the CustomActionData.
icl_installLog = new StreamWriter("_eGrouWSAutoCADAddInSetup.log");
icl_installLog.AutoFlush = true;
try
{
m_InstallAddin(stateSaver);
}
finally
{
icl_installLog.WriteLine("Ending edit of config file");
icl_installLog.Close();
}
}
public void m_InstallAddin(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
{
try
{
base.Install(stateSaver);
// Get the AutoCAD Applications key
string sProdKey = HostApplicationServices.Current.MachineRegistryProductRootKey;
string sAppName = "eGrouWSAutoCADAddin";
RegistryKey regAcadProdKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(sProdKey);
RegistryKey regAcadAppKey = regAcadProdKey.OpenSubKey("Applications", true);
// Check to see if the "MyApp" key exists
string[] subKeys = regAcadAppKey.GetSubKeyNames();
foreach (string subKey in subKeys)
{
// If the application is already registered, exit
if (subKey.Equals(sAppName))
{
regAcadAppKey.Close();
return;
}
}
// Get the location of this module
string sAssemblyPath = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
// Register the application
RegistryKey regAppAddInKey = regAcadAppKey.CreateSubKey(sAppName);
regAppAddInKey.SetValue("DESCRIPTION", sAppName, RegistryValueKind.String);
regAppAddInKey.SetValue("LOADCTRLS", 14, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
regAppAddInKey.SetValue("LOADER", sAssemblyPath, RegistryValueKind.String);
regAppAddInKey.SetValue("MANAGED", 1, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
regAcadAppKey.Close();
}
catch (InstallException ex)
{
throw new InstallException(ex.Message);
}
catch
{
throw new InstallException("Error installing addin!");
}
}
public override void Uninstall(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
{
// Gets the parameter passed across in the CustomActionData.
icl_installLog = new StreamWriter("eGrouWSAutoCADAddin.log");
icl_installLog.AutoFlush = true;
try
{
m_UninstallAddin(stateSaver);
}
finally
{
icl_installLog.WriteLine("Ending edit of config file");
icl_installLog.Close();
}
}
public void m_UninstallAddin(IDictionary savedState)
{
try
{
// Get the AutoCAD Applications key
string sProdKey = HostApplicationServices.Current.MachineRegistryProductRootKey;
string sAppName = "eGrouWSAutoCADAddin";
RegistryKey regAcadProdKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(sProdKey);
RegistryKey regAcadAppKey = regAcadProdKey.OpenSubKey("Applications", true);
// Delete the key for the application
regAcadAppKey.DeleteSubKeyTree(sAppName);
regAcadAppKey.Close();
}
catch
{
}
base.Uninstall(savedState);
}
}
}