Visual Dev - Solutions Architecture

Windows Forms .NET: The Official Microsoft Windows Forms Community Site (ClickOnce Category)

Murray Gordon — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:46:00 GMT

Windows Forms .NET: The Official Microsoft Windows Forms Community Site (ClickOnce Category).

Great place to find an exhaustive list of ClickOnce information.

.NET Ramblings - Brian Noyes' Blog - On-Demand Updates with ClickOnce

Murray Gordon — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:31:00 GMT

.NET Ramblings - Brian Noyes' Blog - On-Demand Updates with ClickOnce.

Another awesome post from Brian Noyes on “On-Demand Updates with ClickOnce”

.NET Ramblings - Brian Noyes' Blog - Launching unmanaged applications with ClickOnce

Murray Gordon — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:30:00 GMT

.NET Ramblings - Brian Noyes' Blog - Launching unmanaged applications with ClickOnce.

Great post with sample code. Brian Noyes explains how to launch an unmanaged application with ClickOnce. Can’t wait till your book hits the shelves.

How to: Include a Data File in a ClickOnce Application

Murray Gordon — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:44:00 GMT

How to: Include a Data File in a ClickOnce Application

How to: Include a Data File in a ClickOnce Application.

How to add Desktop Shortcut to ClickOnce Deployment Application

Murray Gordon — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:04:00 GMT

Here's a great post on how to add a desktop shortcut to ClickOnce Deployed Application. (Scott Schecter's post)
http://blog.scottschecter.net/TheZenOfTheClickOnceDeployedApplicationDesktopShortcut.aspx

Here's the version of this solution in VB. (Julia Lerman's post)
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/devlife/archive/2006/07/28/42695.aspx

If you don't want to follow the link, here's the code:

/// <summary>

/// This will create a Application Reference file on the users desktop

/// if they do not already have one when the program is loaded.

// If not debugging in visual studio check for Application Reference

// #if (!debug)

// CheckForShortcut();

// #endif

/// </summary

void CheckForShortcut()

{

ApplicationDeployment ad = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment;

if (ad.IsFirstRun)

{

Assembly code = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

string company = string.Empty;

string description = string.Empty;

if (Attribute.IsDefined(code, typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute)))

{

AssemblyCompanyAttribute ascompany = (AssemblyCompanyAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(code,

typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute));

company = ascompany.Company;

}

if (Attribute.IsDefined(code, typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)))

{

AssemblyDescriptionAttribute asdescription = (AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(code,

typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute));

description = asdescription.Description;

}

if (company != string.Empty && description != string.Empty)

{

string desktopPath = string.Empty;

desktopPath = string.Concat(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop),

"\\", description, ".appref-ms");

string shortcutName = string.Empty;

shortcutName = string.Concat(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Programs),

"\\", company, "\\", description, ".appref-ms");

System.IO.File.Copy(shortcutName, desktopPath, true);

}

Hope it helps out.

Thanks,
Murray

Globalization & ClickOnce, ASP.NET Globalization

Murray Gordon — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:19:00 GMT

Great post from dasBlonde: http://www.dasblonde.net/PermaLink,guid,8d2a4b2c-c2f4-4dab-9bb6-b3218bf17c71.aspx

Here’s the details:

The blog is about globalization and how to architect Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications for localization, leveraging .NET resources where appropriate. Here’s the samples she listed:

Here’s the Additional globalization resources she listed:

She’s got some awesome content on ClickOnce. Check out the rest of her posts if you are looking for some great ClickOnce samples.

Here’s Microsoft recommendation on this subject (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/aspnet-globalarchi.asp?_r=1). The article is a bit dated, but the concepts are consistent.

FYI – there’s an interesting contrast to this approach I found on “The Code Project”. Very interesting approach http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/GlobalizationSample.asp?print=true

Thanks,
Murray