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Windows Installer Vs. ClickOnce

Author
29 Nov 2006 2:06 PM
douglass_davis@earthlink.net
I am making a VB 2005 app, and I have another installation question.
:-)

Have you ever had to use the windows installer instead of clickonce
installation?  I read an article that says you have to use the windows
installer when you have a "complex" installation.

What does that mean?  Specifically, what type of complexities would
force you to use the windows installer instead of ClickOnce?

Author
29 Nov 2006 2:37 PM
Michel Posseth [MCP]
Well for a hughe application ( i wrote progs wich had installation routines
that spanned 2 DVD`s )  

I would not use clickOnce deployment to call one :-)


regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]



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"douglass_da***@earthlink.net" wrote:

> I am making a VB 2005 app, and I have another installation question.
> :-)
>
> Have you ever had to use the windows installer instead of clickonce
> installation?  I read an article that says you have to use the windows
> installer when you have a "complex" installation.
>
> What does that mean?  Specifically, what type of complexities would
> force you to use the windows installer instead of ClickOnce?
>
>
Author
29 Nov 2006 2:49 PM
Griff
Code access security is something to consider. Despite whatever
frustrated developers trying to use one click deploy tell you, CAS is a
feature, not a complexity! :)