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ClickOnce reference

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The following pages describe the structure of the XML files used to represent ClickOnce applications.

In this section

ClickOnce Application Manifest

Lists and describes the elements and attributes that make up an application manifest.

ClickOnce Deployment Manifest

Lists and describes the elements and attributes that make up a deployment manifest.

Product and Package Schema Reference

Lists product and package file elements.

ClickOnce Unmanaged API Reference

Lists unmanaged public APIs from dfshim.dll.

Reference

ClickOnce security and deployment

Provides detailed conceptual information about ClickOnce deployment.

System.Deployment.Application

Provides links to reference documentation of the public classes that support ClickOnce within managed code.

Note

The ApplicationDeployment class and APIs in the System.Deployment.Application namespace are not supported in .NET Core and .NET 5 and later versions. However, .NET 7 supports a new method of accessing application deployment properties. For more information, see Access ClickOnce deployment properties in .NET.

Publish ClickOnce applications

Provides walkthroughs and how-to's that perform ClickOnce tasks.