Improvement in ClickOnce deployment

Question

What are the enrichment in the ClickOnce deployment in the .NET 4.0?

Answer 1

The ClickOnce deployment technology is enriched with the features which are as follows:

i. It supports for .NET Framework 4.0 version and creates applications through Visual Studio 2010 that could target .NET Framework 4.0 and its latest features.

ii. Support for several versions of.NET Framework - creates applications which are well-suited with several versions of.NET Framework. We can specify target framework for the application as the .NET Framework 3.5 or the .NET Framework 4 at the time of creating the application.

iii. Improved logging feature – It stores logging information which includes a variety of parameters passed to ClickOnce runtime, browser settings, and the ClickOnce security options.

iv. Custom Installer and the User Interface - permits us to generate the custom graphical user interface used for installing and updating.exe applications. Custom installer could have custom dialog boxes for the security and the maintenance operations.