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Registering AltovaXML as a COM Server Object

When you install AltovaXML 2012, AltovaXML_COM.exe will automatically be registered as a COM server object. If you need to  change the location of AltovaXML_COM.exe, it is best to de-install AltovaXML and then re-install it at the required location. In this way the necessary unregistration and registration are carried out by the installer process. If you copy AltovaXML_COM.exe to another machine, you must manually register AltovaXML at its new location as a COM server object. How to do this is explained below. This description assumes that AltovaXML has been successfully installed.

Manual registration

To register AltovaXML as a COM server object, do the following:

               c:\AltovaXML\AltovaXML_COM.exe /regserver

and press Enter.

Checking success of the registration

If the registration was successful, the Registry should contain the classes AltovaXML.Application and AltovaXML.Application.1. These two classes will typically be found under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes.

Manual unregistration

If the AltovaXML_COM.exe has been manually registered and you now wish to unregister it, then it should be manually unregistered. To manually unregister AltovaXML, call the application with the /unregserver parameter. For example, if the AltovaXML executable is in the folder c:\AltovaXML, then open a Windows Command Prompt window, key in c:\AltovaXML\AltovaXML_COM.exe /unregserver, and press Enter. You can check the Registry Editor for confirmation of unregistration.