CF 2.0 ClickOnce & CAS

[Guest]

Hoping you can help me answer a couple of questions.

First, I have read the CF 2.0 does not support ClickOnce. Is this true and
do you know if there are plans to support ClickOnce on CF?

Second, does CF 2.0 support Code Access Security?

Along the lines of the first question, if the answer is no, what are the
best practices for handling mass deployments (250+ devices) and maintaining
updates/new releases?

Thank you very much in advance.

Rick

 

[Daniel Moth]

I'll answer your 2nd question..

CAS didn't make the cut for CF 2.0... the last public reference to it is
here so you may try contacting the author:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanms/archive/2004/07/09/178619.aspx


Cheers
Daniel

 

[David McNamee]

Hoping you can help me answer a couple of questions.

First, I have read the CF 2.0 does not support ClickOnce. Is this true

It's true.

and do you know if there are plans to support ClickOnce on CF?

To the best of my knowledge, there aren't any public feature discussions
that go beyond Compact Framework 2.0

Second, does CF 2.0 support Code Access Security?
Nope.

Along the lines of the first question, if the answer is no, what are the
best practices for handling mass deployments (250+ devices) and
maintaining
updates/new releases?

The answer depends greatly on your scenario. Here are a few of the options,
though.

* For enterprise scenarios, Systems Management Server is capable of doing
the job. This will allow IT operations to maintain control of application
distribution.
* Publish the CAB files to a web page and let the users download from
there.
* Send Compact Flash or SD cards to the users to install the application on
the device.
* Figure out how to use ActiveSync to install the application from the
desktop

As for updating, each of the above applies. Another option might be to look
at porting the Application Updater block from the PAG
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/patterns). That would allow the application to
be self-updating. It would be some work, but it might be doable.

-david

 

[Guest]

Thank you, David. I will follow up and report back with my progress.