[dba-VB] Click-Once setup...

Hi Gustav,

Thank you for your info.

I have just tried to setup a simple WPF app as Click-Once on my ASP.NET hosting site but it didn't work from my first try. I've probably done something wrong.

I will continue tomorrow...

Thank you.

--
Shamil


-----Original Message-----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:17:01 +0200
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Click-Once setup...

> Hi Shamil
> 
> Indeed! Highly recommended:
> 
> http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/dba-vb/2008-October/002037.html 
> 
> I have installed a web server (IIS) at the client to which I have external access and publish the app to this directly from VS (via FTP) when a revision has been made. It can't be easier.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> PS: Will return to the SCRUM stuff tomorrow. It's bedtime here ...
> 
> 
> >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 01-04-2009 21:14 >>>
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anybody have .NET Apps Click-Once setup experience - namely .NET WPF apps Click-Once experience?
> 
> I wonder how much time it could be needed for me to configure and test such setup assuming I have WPF appricaltion ready?
> 
> My customer also wanted to have CompanyName and UserId specified and somehow passed from Click-Once URL
> 
> http://my-click-once-application-url?c=company&u=userid 
> 
> to the local application when it is installed first time/updated/on-start-up to get UserId in login dialog - is it possible to get such params somehow by the subject application passed to the latter "automagically" in e.g. standard start-up arguments or something like that?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Shamil
> 
> P.S.
> 
> "WPF App deployed with ClickOnce":
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/461186/is-this-list-a-correct-understanding-of-microsofts-current-application-deploymen 
> 
> requires two clicks (click hyperlink, click yes), no user input 
> only for current user, no per-machine installations 
> no shortcuts on desktop 
> appears in program list like normal applications 
> applications files are always copied to ../My Documents/My Applications 
> a shortcut to your application will be put in Start menu / your company name 
> cannot modify the target computer, isolated from operating system 
> automatically detects and updates a newer version 
> published simply by putting them on a webserver (where clients detect and get them) 
> requires .NET 2.0 or later 
> comparable to Java Web Start 
> solves four problems: (1) easy deployment, (2) easy updating, (3) low-impact on target computer, (4) no need for administrator permissions. 
> considered "low impact" 
> if two users have the same ClickOnce applciation installed on the same machine, they will not break each other 
> employs CAS for security 
> user does not have to be online to use application 
> standalone ClickOnce apps do not work on Firefox and Mac with Firefox now since it needs the .NET runtime 
> restricted to single-window apps since they run in the browser 
> building a ClickOnce manifest is much easier than Silverlight etc, since the IDE will do almost all of it for you; you just have to host the files somewhere (could be a web URL; could be a network UNC).
> 
> 
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