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

Hi Gustav,

I think this is how I did get certifciate:

1. VS Project Entry -> Right-Click -> Signing -> Create Test Certificate...
2. VS shows "Create Test Certificate" dialog
3. Enter and confirm password -> Click OK
4. Click [More Details] -> and see "This CA Root certificate is not trusted... blah,blah, blah...
5. Click [Install Certificate...]
6. VS shows "Welcome to the Certificate Import Wizard" dialog
7. [Next]
8. Select "Place all certificates in the following store"
9. [Browse...]
10. Select "Trusted Root Certification Authorities"
11. [Next]
12. [Finish]
13. [Security Warning] dialog - blah,blah,blah -> click [Yes]
14. The import was successfull message -> [OK]
15. [OK]
16.  Click [More Details] -> and see "This certificate is intended for the following purposes..."
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To accept click-once URL parameters you have to use 

Project Properties->Publish->Options... -> Allow URL Parameters to be passed to Application

Below is code behind for WPF form.
Note the following references has to be added manually:

- System.Windows.Forms (not needed if WPF MessageBox is used)           
- System.Web
- System.Deployment 

---------- code -----------
using System.Windows;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

using System.Windows.Forms;           
using System.Web;
using System.Deployment.Application; 
 
namespace MySampleWpfApplication1
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Test Message", "Test", MessageBoxButtons.OK);   
        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            System.Environment.Exit(0);   
        }

        private NameValueCollection GetQueryStringParameters()
        {
            NameValueCollection nameValueTable = new NameValueCollection();

            if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
            {
                string queryString = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri.Query;
                nameValueTable = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(queryString);
            }

            return (nameValueTable);
        }

        private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            NameValueCollection args = GetQueryStringParameters();
            if (args == null) return;
            if (args.Count <= 0) return;
            string company = args["Company"];
            string userId = args["UserId"];

            companyTextBox.Text = company;
            userTextBox.Text = userId; 
        }

    }
}

Test:

http://shamils-4.hosting.parking.ru/click-once/MySampleWpfApplication.application?Company=Test&UserId=Guest

Thank you.

--
Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:28:09 +0200
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Click-Once setup...

> Hi Shamil
> 
> How/where did you obtain a code signing certificate?
> 
> Nice tip about the URL parameters, didn't know about that option.
> 
> External tools to VS may only be needed - as I mentioned - if you wish to include additional components to install with your ClickOnce setup - like a special font as in my case.
> 
> /gustav

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