Deployment (How Do I in C# Express)

This page links to help on widely used deployment tasks. To view other categories of popular tasks covered in Help, How Do I in C# Express.

Note

If you are using Visual C# Express Edition, some of the Help links on this page may be unavailable, depending on the options that you chose during installation. For more information, see Troubleshooting Visual C# Express.

ClickOnce

• How to: Publish a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to make a ClickOnce application available to users by publishing it to a Web server, file share, or removable media.

• How to: Specify a Publishing Location
  Demonstrates how to specify the location where the application files and manifest will be put.

• How to: Specify an Installation URL
  Demonstrates how to use the Installation URL property to specify the Web server from which users will download the application.

• How to: Specify a Support URL
  Demonstrates how to use the Support URL property to identify a Web page or file share from which users can find information about the application.

• How to: Specify the ClickOnce Install Mode
  Demonstrates how to set the Install Mode to specify whether the application will be available offline or online.

• How to: Enable AutoStart for CD Installations
  Demonstrates how to enable AutoStart so that the ClickOnce application will be automatically started when the media is inserted.

• How to: Set the ClickOnce Publish Version
  Demonstrates how to set the Publish Version property, which determines whether the application that you are publishing will be treated as an update.

• How to: Automatically Increment the ClickOnce Publish Version
  Demonstrates how to change the Publish Version property to cause the application to be published as an update.

• How to: Specify Which Files Are Published by ClickOnce
  Demonstrates how to exclude files, mark files as data files or prerequisites, and create groups of files for conditional installation.

• How to: Install Prerequisites with a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to specify a set of prerequisite components to be packaged together with your application

• How to: Manage Updates for a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to specify when and how update checks are performed, whether updates are mandatory, and where the application should check for updates.

• How to: Include a Data File in a ClickOnce Application
  Provides procedures that show you how to add a data file of any type into your ClickOnce application.

• How to: Deploy the .NET Framework by Using Systems Management Server
  Provides tasks that must be performed on the server that is running Systems Management Server.

• How to: Add a Trusted Publisher to a Client Computer for ClickOnce Applications
  Shows you how to use the command-line tool CertMgr.exe to add a publisher's certificate to the Trusted Publishers store on a client computer.

• How to: Specify an Alternate Location for Deployment Updates
  Shows you how to specify an alternative location for updates in your deployment manifest so that your application can update itself from the Web after its initial installation.

• How to: Deploy the .NET Framework by Using Active Directory
  Provides a procedure to deploy the .NET Framework by using Active Directory.

• How to: Retrieve Query String Information in a ClickOnce Application
  Provides procedure to show you how to use a ClickOnce application to obtain query string information. It also shows how your ClickOnce application can use a small segment of code to read these values the first time the application starts.

• How to: Enable ClickOnce Security Settings
  Demonstrates how to temporarily disable the security settings during development.

• How to: Set a Security Zone for a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to set a security zone to populate the Permissions required by the application table.

• How to: Set Custom Permissions for a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to restrict the application to the specific permissions that it must have to operate correctly.

• How to: Determine the Permissions for a ClickOnce Application
  Demonstrates how to analyze your application to determine which permissions it needs by running the Permission Calculator tool.

• How to: Debug a ClickOnce Application with Restricted Permissions
  Demonstrates how to debug the application by using the same permissions as the end user.

Other Resources

These Web sites are excellent resources for finding more information, seeing what other Express users are doing, and stay in touch as Visual C# Express grows.

• Visual C# Developer Center
  Serves as a central location for information about Visual C# Express Edition. Includes videos, new tools, and other downloads.

• Beginner Developer Learning Center
  Serves as a central location for learning materials for the beginner developer. Includes video tutorials, articles, the How-To Reference Library, and Kid's Corner.

• Coding4Fun
  Includes lots of articles and coding tips for the Visual C# Express developer.

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Concepts

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