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c#clickonce
spectacularbob
spectacularbob

Reputation: 3218

Do all clickonce files need to be in the manifest?

I have a client/server app where the client is deployed using clickonce via a url hosted on the server. Each customer has their own server. I have some plugin dlls (for the client side) that I want to optionally offer to different customers, but I don't want to install dlls into the clickonce manifest for customers that wont use (or pay for) the plugins.

Is there any way around having to create a customized clickonce manifest for each customer which contains their selected list of plugins?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 62

Answers (1)

Rolo
Rolo

Reputation: 3413

You have two questions here:

  1. Do all clickonce files need to be in the manifest?

    Yes, all the files you want to deploy must be included on the manifest.

  2. Is there any way around having to create a customized clickonce manifest for each customer which contains their selected list of plugins?

    No, you will need to create a custom manifest for each client. In order to do this you can use the mage/mageUI tool from Microsoft SDKs (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows) Available for all .Net Framework versions.

With this tool you can create manifests from scratch, edit them, sign with your digital certificate, etc. You can do it using the UI option or command prompt if you want to automate the process.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xhctdw55(v=vs.110).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/acz3y3te(v=vs.110).aspx

Upvotes: 1

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