Technology like clickonce

[Ricardo Luceac]

Hi all...


Does anyone knows a tech like clickonce??? I tried it but the problem is
that it wont install to all users...


Thx...

 

[Marc Gravell]

You're going to have to describe what *does* happen... any messages?

I've used ClickOnce many times, so I may recognise any common errors -
but first questions:
* do the users have .NET (correct version) installed? (esp. if linking
to the .application, not the .html)
* have you signed the deployment with a trusted cert

I have seen some very rare, freaky "exe appears (task list) and then
simply evaporates and does nothing without any error trace" (even with
all click-once, fusion, etc debugging enabled), but we're talking 1-
in-1000 figures, here.

Marc

 

[Ricardo Luceac]

No problem with clickonce... the problem is that with click once is that
i can't install it to all users.. The instalation is per user...

 

[Marc Gravell]

That is true, but for most smart-clients (arguably the main target for
ClickOnce) this is fine; in fact, a good thing: a lowly user can
"install" the ClickOnce app, even on a heavily locked down machine,
where they wouldn't be able to install via msi; if you want a machine-
level install, use msi.

Marc

 

[Ricardo Luceac]

Ok, but if I use msi how can I control the updates???

 

[Marc Gravell]

group policy? login script? updater-block in your app startup?

Marc