One click deployment and plugins

[Guest]

I have a windows app which is distributed using click once deployment.
This works great but I now face a dilemma.
I have just developed a plugin for my application which I would like the
parent application to consume/invoke using reflection.

Is there any way I can force these plugins to download with the main
application assembly ?
The whole idea of developing plugins is to be able to drop my plugins into
the bin folder and hey presto......it works but I just cant figure out how to
deploy them.

 

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Hi,

There's Updater Application Block you can utilize to check for updates and
additional plug-ins. I.e. the initial version is deployed through ClickOnce,
and then every time it runs it connects to the Updater service to retrieve
the latest plug-ins available.

There's another similar technology which has grown from the famous Windows
Update service - Windows Server Update Services
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/WSUS.mspx).
You might want to check it out as well.