C# COM class. How to test if it is working?

[Rushabh Verma]

I have a C# project that creates a COM object for use with a POS terminal. Before I give it to the customer, I want to make sure that it will work as a COM dll. The RegAsm says it works.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace POS
{
    [Guid( "0135bc5c-b248-444c-94b9-b0b4577f5a1a" )]
    [InterfaceType( ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual )]
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public interface ITwoWay
    {
        // The Initialize method is called to establish the communications connection...
        [DispId( 1 )]
        void Initialize( String IPAddress, long Port, long MaxPacketSize );

        // A convenience method that allows the POS to test the Third Party’s back-end...
        [DispId( 2 )]
        void TestConnect();

        // The Terminate method is called to indicate that the POS system is about to terminate...
        [DispId( 3 )]
        void Terminate();

        // All interface calls made during a transaction send the same record format with specific reply fields ...
        [DispId( 4 )]
        void TransactionCall( String viPOSMsg, ref String InterceptArray );
    }
}

The actual entry points are defined in class TwoWay

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.EnterpriseServices;

namespace POS
{
    [Guid( "0135bc5c-b248-444c-94b9-b0b4577f5a1b" )]
    [ComDefaultInterface(typeof(ITwoWay))]
    [ClassInterface( ClassInterfaceType.None )]
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public class TwoWay : ITwoWay
    ...
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public void Initialize( string iPAddress, long port, long maxPacketSize )
    ...

I have a C# project that creates a COM object for use with a POS terminal. Before I give it to the customer, I want to make sure that it will work as a COM dll. The RegAsm says it works.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace POS
{
    [Guid( "0135bc5c-b248-444c-94b9-b0b4577f5a1a" )]
    [InterfaceType( ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual )]
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public interface ITwoWay
    {
        // The Initialize method is called to establish the communications connection...
        [DispId( 1 )]
        void Initialize( String IPAddress, long Port, long MaxPacketSize );

        // A convenience method that allows the POS to test the Third Party’s back-end...
        [DispId( 2 )]
        void TestConnect();

        // The Terminate method is called to indicate that the POS system is about to terminate...
        [DispId( 3 )]
        void Terminate();

        // All interface calls made during a transaction send the same record format with specific reply fields ...
        [DispId( 4 )]
        void TransactionCall( String viPOSMsg, ref String InterceptArray );
    }
}
The actual entry points are defined in class TwoWay

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.EnterpriseServices;

namespace POS
{
    [Guid( "0135bc5c-b248-444c-94b9-b0b4577f5a1b" )]
    [ComDefaultInterface(typeof(ITwoWay))]
    [ClassInterface( ClassInterfaceType.None )]
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public class TwoWay : ITwoWay
    ...
    [ComVisible( true )]
    public void Initialize( string iPAddress, long port, long maxPacketSize )
    ...

I had thought that I could import the .tlb into another .net project and test it that way but when I add my COM project as a COM reference VS rejects it because it was created as .NET dll.

I tried to create a vb script to run CreateObject but that errors on permissions. I attempted to set up the I_USER account, etc but I couldn't get that going.

The registry shows an entry with the right name and the class id is set to the correct guid. But still, I want to load it and run it through the COM interface.

How does one verify that a COM .dll is actually a COM .dll? As old as this is, there must be a way.