Kofax invalid ProgID

Question

I created a WinForms app and want to use it as a Kofax Export Connector. This app contains a Setup class and a Release class. The project itself is called KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.

When I try to register the .inf file in the Administration module of Kofax using this code

[Scripts]
KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA
[KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA]
SetupModule=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.exe
SetupProgID=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.Setup
SetupVersion=1.0
ReleaseModule=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.exe
ReleaseProgID=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.Release
ReleaseVersion=1.0
SupportsNonImageFiles=True
RemainLoaded=True
SupportsKofaxPDF=True
SupportsOriginalFileName=True
SupportsMultipleInstances=False

I get an error message

invalid ProgID

What do I have to fill in here

SetupProgID=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.Setup

and here

ReleaseProgID=KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.Release

? I thought I would have to specify which class has to be registered for the setup and release.

Answer 1

1. Make sure your assemblies are COM-visible and that your ProgID is unique (system-wide) - see screenshot below.
2. When installing your Export Connector on any machine, make sure the assemblies were registered correctly using regasm. Without that, the COM client (i.e. Kofax Capture) would not be able to see them. Example call: RegAsm.exe KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.dll /codebase /tlb:KofaxExportConnectorCoBRA.tlb
3. Your SetupModule and ReleaseModule cannot be exe files, but should rather point to a dll - so, don't start with a Windows Forms App in Visual Studio. A Kofax Export Connector always has to be a class library with an optional setup form. The minimum you need are two classes, one implementing IReleaseSetupScript, and the other one IReleaseScript (for more details, refer to the Kofax samples and have a look at Kofax - How to make Release Script configuration dependent on an active job). Your export will then either run in the context of Admin.exe for the setup part, and Release.exe for the release part.