What's ClickOnce good for?
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Alright the title of the message sounds like a challenge but that is not actually my intention. I have done enough MSI authoring and this idea isn't actually new. Were not a lot corporate network managers spending a lot of time and effort in blocking ActiveX web components from being installed on the desktops in their charge? Sure this offers more controls over deployment and security but still are you really going to use this? Anyone thinking about wholesale deployments of corporate apps using this or would you limit it's usage to little toy apps or quick views of data? Hey it's very new and perhaps someone will suggest something that gives me an "Aha!, I didn't think of that" moments. So what say you have many given this technology more then a cursory examination, me I am just starting to think about it...
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Alright the title of the message sounds like a challenge but that is not actually my intention. I have done enough MSI authoring and this idea isn't actually new. Were not a lot corporate network managers spending a lot of time and effort in blocking ActiveX web components from being installed on the desktops in their charge? Sure this offers more controls over deployment and security but still are you really going to use this? Anyone thinking about wholesale deployments of corporate apps using this or would you limit it's usage to little toy apps or quick views of data? Hey it's very new and perhaps someone will suggest something that gives me an "Aha!, I didn't think of that" moments. So what say you have many given this technology more then a cursory examination, me I am just starting to think about it...
I have used ClickOnce to deploy an enterprise applications. One benefit was having the app self-updating rather than having to maintain deployment and updating schedules. On another app it was used for a helper app that really didn't need to be installed on the users systems, admins could run it and not worry about it being left on the system.
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I have used ClickOnce to deploy an enterprise applications. One benefit was having the app self-updating rather than having to maintain deployment and updating schedules. On another app it was used for a helper app that really didn't need to be installed on the users systems, admins could run it and not worry about it being left on the system.
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Mark Nischalke wrote:
self-updating
Alright that's one useful scenario...
Mark Nischalke wrote:
admins could run it and not worry about it being left on the system.
Yep another application of this technology still a bit like I said. "Toys" (somewhat negative connotation), in this case admin tools, small but useful applications and "quick data views" that are to some degree disposable or continuously updated. Alright those are good and usefull but I still don't get an "Aha!" from any of this yet. Well, still thinking still considering...