updat option in winform

Question

hello

how can i creat "chek for updat" option in my winform app that my customers are using on thir comuters?

thanks

natan

Answer 1

hello

how can i creat "chek for updat" option in my winform app that my customers are using on thir comuters?

thanks

natan

Answer 2

Hi, 

Can you elaborate the requirement?

You wanted to provide the mechanism of update to new version option for the application?

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Answer 3

ClickOnce is designed to allow for auto-updating of applications but the constraints on its usage can be high.  You'd have to deploy the app from the network, you must support xcopy deployment of updates (no setup program or admin rights), you have to conditionally check for updates because it will throw an error if not network deployed and you can't do any post-deployment changes except through your app's code.  It is designed for simple auto-xcopy deployment of applications.  Refer to MSDN for the full list of requirements and features.

If ClickOnce won't work for you then you'll have to create your own implementation or rely on third-party installers like InstallShield.

Michael Taylor - 4/16/2012
http://msmvps.com/blogs/p3net

Answer 4

duplicate post: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/d12763ba-1396-495c-89be-958406c44279

Answer 5

hi

ther is no other way for doing this ?

natan

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natan mizrahi

Answer 6

ClickOnce is the only framework supported approach.  Third-party installers like InstallShield provide their own mechanism but you'll need to refer to their documentation and forums on how much work is involved.

Michael Taylor - 4/16/2012
http://msmvps.com/blogs/p3net

Answer 7

clickonece can be good for simple softwre?

thats what you say?

natan

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natan mizrahi

Answer 8

In my experience ClickOnce is good for deploying intranet apps that have no setup requirements, do not require admin privileges and have little to no configuration requirements.  Users can download the software from a file share and have auto-update capabilities from then on.  Beyond that scenario I find CO to be useless.  IMHO.

Michael Taylor - 4/16/2012
http://msmvps.com/blogs/p3net

Answer 9

hi and thank you

i didnt understand this :

Beyond that scenario I find CO to be useless.  IMHO.

natan

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natan mizrahi

Answer 10

Unless your app meets the requirements I described in my previous post (intranet app, no setup, etc) then ClickOnce is probably not a good option.

Answer 11

internet app is better from desktop app ?

natan

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natan mizrahi

Answer 12

Depends upon the app.  ClickOnce is only relevant to Windows apps that you want to write using WinForms or WPF.  If you're creating a web app then deployment isn't an issue as it'll be hosted.  A full discussion of when to choose a web app vs a desktop app is beyond the scope of these forums.  If you are unsure then you should google for guidelines on when to choose one or another.  Deployment happens to be one area where web apps are superior.

Answer 13

i see 

thanks

do you know why the setup option give me error ?

http://screencast.com/t/9A1p1VqVq

thanks

natan

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natan mizrahi

Answer 14

Hi natan1978,

  Althrough Microsoft doesn't provide support for third party software. I can send you to a site that can assit you.

  http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/installshield.htm

  Hope it helps you.

Sincerely,

Jason Wang

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Jason Wang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 15

My company has used ClickOnce to deploy several applications to customers around the world for the past five years, and we use the automatic update option. It works great for us.

I don't understand why you think it can only be deployed on an intranet. Most of our applications are deployed from our CDN, but we also deploy some from Azure blob storage (which is dirt cheap).

The biggest constraint is that your application can not require admin privileges to run. This hasn't been an issue for us.

RobinDotNet

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