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Choosing Between ClickOnce and Windows Installer
The Smart Client Developer Center on MSDN has just released an article that discusses the features of both Windows Installer and Click-Once Deployment and then provides guidance on how to choose the right option for your application.Windows Installer is a system-level component included in all operating systems starting with Windows 2000. Where traditional installation technologies relied on proprietary scripts and file formats, Windows Installer uses an open, database-like file format to describe an application, its resources, and the operations required to successfully install it. The internal structure of the database format, including its standard table and column definitions, can be found in the Windows Installer section of the Platform SDK.
ClickOnce is a brand new deployment technology that ships as a part of the .NET Framework version 2.0 and was first demo'ed at PDC 2004 in Los Angeles. ClickOnce is focused on bringing the simplicity of Web application deployment to smart client applications, while providing a secure runtime environment. To deploy an application with ClickOnce, you simply need to place the application files on a Web server, file share, or the local file system and provide the user with a link to the application manifest.
The article describes the features of each product. The Windows Installer features include programmability, customizations, install on demand, and resiliency. Click Once Deployment, new for .NET Framework 2.0, involves making your assemblies available on a web server for on-demand download and installation.
To read the entire article, click here.
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Use Click-once!
Given the experience we have gained with Java Web Start over the past 4 years - in my mind you definitely want to go with Click-Once wherever you can.
We are starting to see quite an explosion of 3rd party Web Start applications in the financial sector. In effect, rather than supplying an application, the external company is effectively supplying a service - all releases etc are managed by them.
It will be excellent to have this same deployment model available to .net clients.
-Nick
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