Chapter 52. Deploying Applications with ClickOnce

Sometimes customers want simple installations for applications they purchase. They do not want to step through complex guided procedures with several dialog boxes and lots of options. They want to make just two or three mouse clicks and nothing more. To accomplish this particular scenario, Microsoft created ClickOnce—the one-click deployment technology for .NET Framework applications. ClickOnce is useful for installations that are just a few steps, but it is the easiest way for bringing automatic updating capabilities to your ...

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