I understand how to use ClickOnce and deploy an application to a web site for updates. But what if I want to have more control over the install such as the folder and icons and what-not. How can I do that? Also, I don't want users to download from the deployment site, initial install has to be off a CD. My current solution would be to t...
Hi Background - I'm looking at using clickonce for deployment of a WinForms app via clickonce (via website). The elements of the relatively simply application are: - it is an executable and one database file (sqlite) - database (sqlite) will need to be updates sometimes by the application (e.g. add table, add column) - database dat...
Hi, Does ClickOnce (in VS2008, .NETv3.5) support working through a proxy server with username and password? thanks PS. Just tried it and it seems is does not? I got the following errors: (a) Under firefox: URLDownloadToCacheFile failed with HRESULT '-2147024891' (b) under IE System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadExcep...
Hi, I encountered a bug with SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 that caused my WPF application to crash when querying the database. Reading the msdn forums I discovered a beta 2 of SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 that fixes the issue. Here And the forum post where the issue is discussed can be found here How can I include this version of SQL Serv...
Hi, What is a good open source alternative to clickonce? One that is most popular and under active development I guess? DDay.Update perhaps? Is this the main one? thanks PS. I've come up with a few from searching, but would appreciate any feedback from people how have reviewed these and have an idea of which is most popular/worth...
Possible Duplicate: How do you uninstall a ClickOnce application that doesnt appear in Add/Remove Programs? I'm getting the following error when I try to install one of my ClickOnce applications: An application for this deployment is already installed with a different application identity. I understand this is becaus...
I'm getting the following error when I try to install one of my ClickOnce applications: An application for this deployment is already installed with a different application identity. I understand this is because I have used the same Application Identity but moved the deployment URL. I'd like to just uninstall the existing Click...
I have a simple XAML page that load fine when it is loaded as part of any application within Visual Studio. However, when I deploy this application using ClickOnce, I get the following exception: Type : System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException, PresentationFramework, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 ...
Hi all, I'm deploying a .Net 2.0 application using ClickOnce. The production intranet environment of my company will soon only allow the execution of signed ActiveX components. My app is signed, but I don't know if when this resctriction is active the browser will forbid the deployment of my app, because it is not an ActiveX. Has anybo...
I am deploying a solution to a networking share using ClickOnce. There are some resources (xml files) that should remain on the network drive and be shared among users - i.e. I do not wish for a local copy of these files to be made. How can I achieve this without hard-coding the ClickOnce deployment path into my project? Thanks, Danie...
Is it possible to include custom data files in ClickOnce deployment? I couldn't find any option for this (Visual Studio 2005 and 2010). The Application Files dialog from the publish tab just doesn't show custom files. ...
I release several modifications a week for my Windows Services and my users have to update it manually. I was think in rolling my own auto-update component, but I heard of ClickOnce, which seems to suit only Windows Forms and not Windows Services. Is there any similar solution for my case? And if I should develop this feature myself, sh...
I have a .Net application that I distribute using ClickOnce and I make available online only. How do I clear the download cache from a users machine that doesn't have Visual Studio installed? ...
Hi, I have a problem with ClickOnce publishing of a WPF application. If the application is built (debug or release), it is running correctly. Application published by ClickOnce crashes. I tried to change Target Platform. Sometimes this change helps to solve problems, but not every time (1 of 20 cases). I have Visual Studio 2008 and...
Given to following default security zones Internet Zone Intranet Zone Trusted Site Zone My Computer Zone Which security zone is appropiate to the following deployment locations? 1) web 2) web using ssl 3) password protected network share 4) cd-rom ...
As part of my continuous integration build the application is deployed as a ClickOnce application. This works great the first time, but when I try the launch the app after an update has been deployed I get the following error. An application for this deployment is already installed with a different application identity. If I ru...
So I have a winform solution, deployed via clickonce. Eveything worked fine until i added a WCF project. (see error in parsing the manifest file at end of post) Now I notice that MSBuild compiles the service into a _PublishedWebsites dir. I don't know what the need for this is, but I am suspecting this is the cause of the problem. This w...
I'm thinking of building a Click-Once application, and am trying to wrap my head around how to handle the whole connection string issue. The problem is the following: I want to use EF to get data directly from each client, thus requiring each client to have a connection string configured (this is not the issue). How do I deal with clien...
I have a Win app (VB.net 2005) with an About.htm page that comes up when the user presses F1, using a HelpProvider control. The application was deployed using ClickOnce technology. When I release a new version I have to manually copy the About.htm file from my development area to our LAN (specified by the HelpNamespace property of the...
VS 2008 / VB.Net / WinForms I have an application setting (Settings.settings) for a project and I am using Click Once deployment. I used the VS Editor to create the setting and I can see the setting in the app.config file <applicationSettings> <MyApp.Win.My.MySettings> <setting name="MySetting" serializeAs="String"> <value>Fa...