No-Touch Deployment (NTD) Developer Center

The .NET Framework consists of many exciting technologies and you have probably heard of popular representatives like web services, ASP.NET and so on... but have you heard of No-Touch Deployment? This Developer Center tries to close the documentation and experience gap most developers are faced with when confronted with No-Touch Deployment by providing you selected information you really need.

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No-Touch Deployment FAQ

The No-Touch Deployment FAQ is now also available as Smart Client using No-Touch Deployment in the .NET Framework 1.1 to run safely from this website. [Run Online]

If you have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed No-Touch Deployment will not automatically work for the Internet Zone. [Read more...]

• INFO: No-Touch Deployment in a few words
• INFO: No-Touch Deployment vs. ASP.NET
• INFO: Synonyms for No-Touch Deployment
• INFO: Assets & Drawbacks of No-Touch Deployment
• HOWTO: Debug URL-launched applications
• HOWTO: Use app.config files with No-Touch Deployment
• HOWTO: Discover if launched from Web server
• HOWTO: Detect local application path
• HOWTO: Disable the security notice balloon tip
• HOWTO: Passing parameters via URL

Technical Articles

• No-Touch Deployment in the .NET Framework, MSDN July 2002
• Smart Client Application Model and the .NET Framework 1.1, MSDN
• Master No-Touch App Deployment, Visual Studio Magazine, September 2003
• .NET Framework Deployment Features
• No-Touch Deployment - Frequently Asked Questions, DataDirect.com
• Creating an Installation Page That Automatically Detects the .NET Framework Version, MSDN, August 2005
• Deploy WinForms on the Web, Visual Studio Magazine, September 2002
• Increasing Permissions for Web-Deployed Windows Forms Applications, MSDN
• Security and Versioning Models in the Windows Forms Engine Help You Create and Deploy Smart Clients, MSDN Magazine, July 2002
• Code Access Security and Distribution Features in .NET Enhance Client-Side Apps, MSDN Magazine, June 2002
• Launching No-Touch Deployment Applications with Command Line Arguments, MSDN May 2003
• State Sanity Using Smart Clients, MSDN, May 2002
• No Touch deployment, The Code Project

Hosting .NET Controls in Internet Explorer

• KB 892466: How to run a user control assembly that is hosted on Internet Information Services (IIS) in Internet Explorer, June 2005
• Using Windows Forms Controls in Internet Explorer (First Steps), windowsforms.net
• Host Secure, Lightweight Client-Side Controls in Microsoft Internet Explorer, MSDN Magazine, January 2002
• Winforms Web Clients hosted in IE - useful tidbits, Mark Levison

Knowledge Base Articles

• FIX: Cannot Download WinForm Application Configuration Files
• FIX: You cannot download a .NET Framework assembly in Internet Explorer
• HOW TO: Automate Internet Explorer Within a Contained Visual Basic .NET UserControl
• PRB: Runtime Probe Causes a Delay When You Load a Windows Forms Control in Internet Explorer
• PRB: “System.NullReferenceException” Unhandled Exception Error Occurs When You Run a .NET Portable Executable in Internet Explorer
• FIX: IEHost Makes Calls Back to Port 80 When Internet Explorer Is Bound to a Port Other Than Port 80
• FIX: Your Windows Forms user control does not print and does not appear in Print Preview in Internet Explorer
• A licensed Windows Forms user control does not appear in the browser if you connect to the Web site by using Windows NT authentication
• How to run a user control assembly that is hosted on Internet Information Services (IIS) in Internet Explorer
• BUG: You cannot start a managed standard PE file through HTTPS from a secure Web server

Non-Technical Articles

• No Touch Deployment with .NET: The next big movement in development?, BUILDER.COM
• Smart Clients: Combining the Power of the PC with the Reach of the Web
• Death of the Browser?, by Billy Hollis

Related

• An Introduction to Code Access Security

Need offline support?

• Updater Application Block for .NET
• Smart Client Offline Application Block
• Managing Offline Clients with the Smart Client Offline Application Block, devx.com

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Last updated: 04/20/08