ClickOnce Resources

ClickOnce is a new deployment model for Smart Client Windows Forms applications and succeeds the .NET Framework 1.x's No-Touch Deployment.

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Technical Articles

• Administering ClickOnce Deployments, October 2006  new!
• Security Considerations for ClickOnce Deployments, MSDN Magazine, January 2006 
• Smart Client Developer Center Home: ClickOnce
• .NET Framework Developer's Guide » ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Forms Applications
• Troubleshooting ClickOnce Deployments
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Embedding SQL Server Express into Custom Applications, November 2005
• Escape DLL Hell Simplify App Deployment with ClickOnce and Registration-Free COM -- MSDN Magazine, April 2005
• Creating an Installation Page That Automatically Detects the .NET Framework Version -- MSDN, August 2005
• Deployment is the enemy of smart-client applications -- Mike Taulty's Weblog, July 2005
• Automated Smart Client Deployment and Update - Today and Tomorrow -- TheServerSide.NET, March 2005
• Deploying Windows Forms Applications with ClickOnce -- MSDN, December 2004
• Configuring ClickOnce Trusted Publishers -- MSDN, April 2005
• Use the Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper to Kick-Start Your Installation -- MSDN Magazine, October 2004
• Choosing Between ClickOnce and Windows Installer -- Smart Client Developer Center, January 2005
• Windows Forms .NET: Feature Details - ClickOnce -- windowsforms.net
• Introducing Client Application Deployment with "ClickOnce" -- PDC October 2003
• Deploy and Update Your Smart Client Projects Using a Central Server -- MSDN Magazine, May 2004
• Microsoft ClickOnce Technology -- InstallSite.org
• ClickOnce security and download on demand -- Sampy's Blog
• ClickOnce & FireFox -- Saurabh Pant's Weblog
• ClickOnce on the Windows Forms Documentation Update Blog -- Jay Allen

Microsoft Knowledge Articles

• An application that is developed in Visual Studio 2005 and that uses COM components stops responding when the application is deployed by using ClickOnce technology
• FIX: You may receive error messages when you use the ClickOnce feature to publish an update to an application that you develop by using Visual Studio 2005
• FIX: Error message when you try to install a ClickOnce application that you created in the .NET Framework 2.0 onto a client computer that is configured to use a proxy server: "Proxy authentication required"
• FIX: Message when you try to start a ClickOnce program in the .NET Framework 2.0: "Do you want to install this application?"
• Error message when you try to publish a ClickOnce application in Visual Studio 2005: "Unable to download a required file. You may retry downloading the file or cancel setup"
• Error message when you try to run an updated version of an application that was created by using Visual Studio 2005 application and the ClickOnce feature: "System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException"
• An application that is developed in Visual Studio 2005 and that uses COM components stops responding when the application is deployed by using ClickOnce technology

Audio/Video

• MSDN Webcast: Deploy Smart Client Applications with ClickOnce (Level 300) -- November 2005
• Channel 9: Jamie Cool - Demo of ClickOnce, August 2005
• MSDN Webcast: Using Visual Studio's ClickOnce Technology to Deploy a Smart Client Application (Level 200), June 2005
• MSDN Webcast: Detecting and Deploying Prerequisites for Your Application with ClickOnce (Level 300)
• MSDN Webcast: Using ClickOnce to Deploy an Application with Elevated Security Requirements (Level 300)
• MSDN Webcast: Deploy Smart Client Applications with ClickOnce (Level 200) – August 2004
• Introducing ClickOnce: Web Deployment for Windows Forms Applications -- MSDN TV, January 2004
• Brian Noyes on ClickOnce (Download) -- .NET Rocks!, Episode 47, January 2004

Slides

• Windows Forms: Occasionally Connected Smart Clients -- PDC 2005
• Windows Vista: What’s New in Software Installation for Windows Vista: Exploring the Windows Installer (MSI) and ClickOnce Options -- PDC 2005
• Introducing ClickOnce: The New Web Based Application Deployment for Windows Forms and Avalon -- PDC 2003
• ClickOnce: Advanced Topics in Web Based Application Deployment for Windows Forms and "Avalon” -- PDC 2003
• Visual Studio "Whidbey": Deploying Applications Using ClickOnce -- PDC 2003

Community

• microsoft.private.whidbey.windowsforms.deployment
• MSDN Forums: ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects
• Windows Forms FAQ - Windows Forms 2.0  » Deployment » ClickOnce
• ClickOnce Team Blog

Tools

• Manifest Generation and Editing Tool (Mage.exe)
• Manifest Generation and Editing Tool, Graphical Client (MageUI.exe)

Non-Technical Articles

• ClickOnce to Debut in 'Whidbey' -- microsoft-watch.com, September 2003
• ClickOnce Aims to Ease .NET Framework Application Installation -- Directions on Microsoft, March 2004

"ClickOnce" requires the .NET Framework 2.0. If you need similar functionality in earlier versions take a look at No-Touch Deployment.

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Last updated: 04/20/08