Deploying your xfNetLink .NET application

Follow these steps when you are ready to deploy your application at a customer site. For details on deploying the xfServerPlus side of your application, see Deploying the server.

1.

Install xfNetLink .NET.

At a minimum you need the xfnlnet.dll file, and you may want the xfTestnet test program (which is located in the xfNLNet\Examples directory) for troubleshooting.

2.

(Optional) Test your setup. See Testing xfNetLink .NET. (Requires that xfServerPlus be set up and that the xfTestnet program be installed.)

3.

Install your .NET application and all the assemblies it uses.

(Framework only) If necessary, register the assemblies in the GAC. There are two instances in which your assembly must be registered in the GAC:

• The assembly needs to be public.
• Your application uses pooling and passes structures as parameters.

4.

Edit the configuration file or set environment variables, as necessary.

• If your application uses an application configuration file, use the xfNetLink .NET Configuration Utility to edit the file. You can create the config file ahead of time, install it with your application, and then edit it as necessary for each customer site. See Creating and editing configuration files for instructions.
• If your application relies on environment variables for configuration settings, set those. See Specifying configuration settings.

5.

(Optional) If your application uses pooling, create, configure, and start the pool. See Implementing COM+ pooling for .NET Framework or Implementing pooling for .NET Core and .NET 5.