Chapter 2. Customizing the Installation of Your Application

You can use the default settings in ClickOnce to deploy your application easily and quickly, but you may want to take advantage of ClickOnce's many configuration settings that allow you to customize installation.

To view the various settings associated with publishing your application, rightclick on the project name (MyApp) in Solution Explorer and select Properties. Select the Publish tab (see Figure 1-7).

Viewing the Publish tab of the project properties

Figure 1-7. Viewing the Publish tab of the project properties

To invoke the Publishing Wizard, click the "Publish Wizard..." button. To publish the application based on the current settings, click Publish Now.

In this tab, there are several options that you can configure for ClickOnce publishing. Let's take a look at each section.

Publishing Location

You can specify a location to publish the application. This location can be a website, FTP server, or file path. This is the location from which users install your application.

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