Create an Update for my project....
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Hello all, I am working with VB.Net and I currently have a Setup Project that I do a Build on and install my program to different PCs. This works fine, but my question now is how can I create an 'update' to send my users instead of a full install. I also want to make sure that I don't send them the original MDB file again and overwrite the one they currently have on their machine. Does anyone have any suggestions or know of any links explaining how to do this? I tried the Publish but it tried to install the original MDB, which would be a very bad thing. Thanks for any advice you can offer!
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Hello all, I am working with VB.Net and I currently have a Setup Project that I do a Build on and install my program to different PCs. This works fine, but my question now is how can I create an 'update' to send my users instead of a full install. I also want to make sure that I don't send them the original MDB file again and overwrite the one they currently have on their machine. Does anyone have any suggestions or know of any links explaining how to do this? I tried the Publish but it tried to install the original MDB, which would be a very bad thing. Thanks for any advice you can offer!
Hi, Try the ClickOnce deployment technique, start with this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/[^] hope this helps :)
NajiCo http://www.InsideVB.NET[^] It's nice 2b important, but it's more important 2b nice...
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Hi, Try the ClickOnce deployment technique, start with this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/[^] hope this helps :)
NajiCo http://www.InsideVB.NET[^] It's nice 2b important, but it's more important 2b nice...
It looks like with ClickOnce, you have to install with a ClickOnce project, and I don't have that. I added a Setup Project to my program and I am installing using the output of Build of that Setup. So I don't think that ClickOnce is a option for me. Does anyone know of anything else I can use?
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It looks like with ClickOnce, you have to install with a ClickOnce project, and I don't have that. I added a Setup Project to my program and I am installing using the output of Build of that Setup. So I don't think that ClickOnce is a option for me. Does anyone know of anything else I can use?
What I have right now is the flag set to RemovePreviousVersion, and I set my MDB's Permanent property to true. And anytime I do an updated build, I have to change the Version. Then when they install, it will see the other version, un-install it, but leave the MDB alone, and then reinstall. Does anyone else know of a better solution for updates using the Setup Project feature?