The third party component came with the dll and a reg.bat file that "registers" the dll. What I can't figure out how to do is have that happen when the program is installed. I'm working my way through adding a Setup and Deployment -> Setup project to my existing solution/project. I don't have it all done yet (shortcuts, icons, etc) but am making progress. However, one of the things I haven't been able to find (tutorials or examples) is how to include the SPort.dll, install it (?) to a given directory, then run the reg.bat file. I'd like to have to "check" if it (the SPort.dll file) is already registered on the system and if so skip installing/registering it. The program I'm writing talks with radios and will there can be more than one installed on a system (using different Comm Ports, of course).

I'm really hoping I don't have to buy InstallShield or something like that to do this. What I'm looking for is when the user installs my program it looks to see if it (SPort.dll) is already registered and if not, put it in a certain place and then runs the reg.bat.

This is what is inside the reg.bat (when opened with NotePad ++):

regsp.exe sport.dll /i:"My_Name_Here#000GJP-DKFCQC-B85THE-B4RWND-1KTDHA-T8K0N4-FF7898-8DCC74-46173A-277CB5-508792-F46793"

Thank you in advance for any and all help that you can give. I'm sure you can tell from what I've written I'm very new to this. Any examples/ideas - please please please speak (write) slowly and simply so I don't get lost. Again thank you ... any and all help is greatly appreciated.