ClickOnce Skip

[pipbailey]

I am using ClickOnce to deploy a VB.Net 2005 application. It all works
well, but I have a question about how ClickOnce works.

If a newer version of the application is available and a user chooses
to "Skip" installing it, they don't ever get asked again. Is this the
designed behaviour of ClickOnce? How do I get the user to see a prompt
for a newer version again? Do I need to publish another version with a
publish number greater than the one that they have skipped, or is
there a configuration file that I can tweak so that the user gets
prompted a second time for the version they already skipped?

 

[RobinS]

Yes, that is the designed behavior of ClickOnce. You have to publish a new
version for the user to pick it up.

ClickOnce has a programming API. You could add a "check for updates" option
to your menu, and call it to do updates as well. That's as much as I know
about that -- check out Brian Noyes' book on ClickOnce deployment for more
info.

Good luck.
Robin S.