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Karim Agha
Karim Agha

Reputation: 3625

ClickOnce configuration deployment - configuration files

I'm deploying an application using ClickOnce, the problem is that the configuration file (xxx.exe.config) is not embedded in the package and there is no option to include it. Another problem with the config is that When I'm trying to manually write it to the directory where it is delopyed (Environment.CurrentDirectory) I'm getting an exception - I have no permissions to do that.

Any ideas on how to deploy the app along with the configuration file? (and to make it writable, because the applications during ti's runtime alters the config values.)

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3306

Answers (3)

Mekanik
Mekanik

Reputation: 2562

You can also change build action for files that you want to include in ClickOnce deploy: Properties for a file → Build Action → set to "Content", this will add the file to the list of Application files in Publish project options.

If you need to publish a file from a referenced project, I didn't find a better solution rather than to Add → Existing Item → On "Add" button, select "Add as Link", then set action to Content and check the list of published files.

Upvotes: 7

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062780

The config file should get published automatically; if not, ensure that it is configured to copy to output, and (if that fails) check the publish files (project properties -> publish -> application files; the config file should be marked as "include (auto)" or "include").

You shouldn't attempt to update anything in the app install directory. That is a bad idea generally (since you can't assume you can update "program files" unless you're an admin), but the same holds true for ClickOnce too.

Just create a settings file with some user settings; these will be saved in the user's profile, so can be updated reliably. You can't edit the files deployed via ClickOnce; even if you had access, it would (by default) break the hashing function, and it will refuse to load them. You can turn off the hashing, but... this still isn't a great idea.

Upvotes: 1

Anthony Shaw
Anthony Shaw

Reputation: 8166

When you click on the Properties of your project and go to the Publish tab of the project's properties, click Application Files... then check the 'Show All Files' checkbox. You should see an option to choose your applications config file from there.

In my experience the <*>.exe.config file is usually set to include automatically however.

Upvotes: 1

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