Deployment

[Deployment]

Is this possible?

I need a file stored on every machine using my program in
VB.NET. It's a utility that will be ran from a shell
command.

When a user opens my applicaiton it will look for this
file. If not found I need an install package to be ran
to install the file. Can an install package be imbedded
into a .NET app and be ran automatically like this
situition requires.

If the file is found then it will skip running the
install package.

Anyone know any good articles on deployment! I will
manually install the framework on machines unless there
is a way to do this through the deployment process with
the .NET installer but from my findings Microsoft
prohibits it with there installer.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

If the file you need is small enough you can store it as and embedded resource and then write it out if it is not avbl

Rgds
Anan
VB.NET MV

http://www.dotnetindia.com