Loading the ComScript Module

Copying the Amt ComScript Module files

When the Amt ComScript Module will be used on a machine which does not have an installed AMT Environment, it is necessary to copy the Amt ComScript Module library files to this machine.

To do this copy the contents of the folder <Your AMT Environment>\AmtTools\ComScript, from a server with an installed AMT Environment, to a folder on the machine the Amt ComScript Module will be used.

Visual Basic

Registering the Amt ComScript Module 

Before the Amt ComScript Module can be used in a Visual Basic (Script) program it first has to be registered as a COM service in the Windows Operating System:

• Register the AMT ComScript module named 'ComScript.comhost.dll', using Regsvr32.exe. This can be done by executing the following command in an elevated (Run as administrator) Command Prompt window:
  
      regsvr32.exe <Path to ComScript Module>\ComScript.comhost.dll
  
  The <Path name> must refer to the directory to where you have copied the concerned dll-files.

Regsvr32.exe can be found in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

Note that on a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system, there are two versions of the Regsv32.exe file:

• The 64-bit version is %systemroot%\System32\regsvr32.exe.
• The 32-bit version is %systemroot%\SysWoW64\regsvr32.exe.

Be sure to use the correct version of Regsvr32.exe depending on the application that will use the Amt ComScript Module.

Unregistering the AMT ComScript Module

It is important when upgrading AMT to a new fix or patch to first unregister the old ComScript module with the command

regsvr32.exe /u <Path to ComScript directory>\ComScript.comhost.dll 

and then register the new version after AMT was upgraded.

Loading the Module

When starting the Visual Basic program the Amt ComScript Module has to be loaded into memory and an object of the basic ComScript class has to be created. The code to do this is:

Powershell

C# (.NET)

Refering to the ComScript dll

Open (Create) the project to use the ComScript Module in, in Visual Studio. Then right click the 'Dependencies' node of the project and click 'Add Reference'. Browse to the folder <Your Environment>\AmtTools\ComScript and add a reference to the ComScript.dll.

Adding reference to System.Data.SqlClient 4.8.5

A reference to System.Data.SqlClient v4.8.5 needs to be added when the following exception occurs:
'System.Data.SqlClient is not supported on this platform'. The SqlClient reference is used by AMT internally. When the exception happens, .NET was not able to resolve the correct version. This is solved by adding the project reference.

This reference can be added via the NuGet package manager by right clicking on the 'Dependencies' node of the project, browsing to System.Data.SqlClient version 4.8.5 and installing it.

Alternatively it can be added directly to the project file by adding the following package reference:
<PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.5" />

The ComScript Module can then be used in the code of the project.