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How to create dll and make it available for Robot pull down menu MS Visual Studio 10 C# example for any CPU Use project template attached (MyAddin) or modify your project basing on data in attached one. Reference to RobotOM should be set to …MyAddin\bin\Debug\Interop.RobotOM.dll  Set data: library – to create dll, any CPU  Default namespace (check green comments below): using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using RobotOM; namespace MyAddin { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute(true)] public class Class1 : IRobotAddIn { private IRobotApplication iapp = null; public bool Connect(RobotApplication robot_app, int add_in_id, bool first_time) { iapp = robot_app; return true; } public bool Disconnect() { iapp = null; return true; } public void DoCommand(int cmd_id) { System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(Command + cmd_id.ToString() + executed.); // or execute any of your command for eg new Form1().Show(); } public double GetExpectedVersion() { return 10; } public int InstallCommands(RobotCmdList cmd_list) { cmd_list.New(1, My Command 1); // Text in Robot menu return cmd_list.Count; } } }  Create GUID from Tools menu \ GUID ***** In case of opening windows (forms) the COM visibility must be set to FALSE for form After writing \ adding your own code Build Project (F6)  Create tlb file : go to folder where dll file is generated (in our example …\MyAddin\bin\Debug) And run these commands : c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe /tlb /codebase MyAddin.dll or c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe /tlb /codebase MyAddin.dll or use tlb.bat file attached (modify if needed) Then File menu \ Open \ File - open created dll file (in our example …\MyAddin\bin\Debug\MyAddin.dll) Add created tlb library to dll (right hand mouse click menu), Resource type should be named as TYPELIB:  Change TYPELIB number onto 1 using Properties (ri