ClickOnce Content Files

[DCDev]

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...

[RobinS]

Are the files in the same folder as the project? Try putting them in a
subfolder under the project, and then publishing them. If you have them
marked as content, with Copy Always, it will put them in subfolder with the
same name in the bin\Release\ folder.

My company is successfully using ClickOnce to deploy its application, and
we include a lot of files this way w/no problem.

The only difference I see is that ours are in a folder under the project
that is the main UI. So you might need to move them over there if the above
doesn't work.

Robin S.
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"DCDev" <vb***********@ yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g13g2000hsf.goo glegroups.com.. .

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...

[DCDev]

That's what I ended up doing. I moved them into the main project.
This may cause some issues down the road because I wanted to use these
reports in two separate projects (that's why I had the reports in
their own project, so it could be used by two other projects). Now,
with this approach, I'll have to duplicate the reports in each of the
"main" projects. I don't understand why you can build an entire
solution but only publish individual projects.

Thank you all for your responses.

On Jul 11, 12:26 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam. yah.nonewrote:

Are the files in the same folder as the project? Try putting them in a
subfolder under the project, and then publishing them. If you have them
marked as content, with Copy Always, it will put them in subfolder with the
same name in the bin\Release\ folder.

My company is successfully using ClickOnce to deploy its application, and
we include a lot of files this way w/no problem.

The only difference I see is that ours are in a folder under the project
that is the main UI. So you might need to move them over there if the above
doesn't work.

Robin S.
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"DCDev" <vballdutch...@ yahoo.comwrote in message

news:11******** **************@ g13g2000hsf.goo glegroups.com.. .

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...

[Gigasoft]

Hi,

I've heard from a few this is a good tool to better understand clickonce.

http://www.code-magazine.com/Article...uickid=0611041

best regards,

Robert Dede

www.gigasoft.com

"DCDev" <vb***********@ yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@r 34g2000hsd.goog legroups.com...

That's what I ended up doing. I moved them into the main project.
This may cause some issues down the road because I wanted to use these
reports in two separate projects (that's why I had the reports in
their own project, so it could be used by two other projects). Now,
with this approach, I'll have to duplicate the reports in each of the
"main" projects. I don't understand why you can build an entire
solution but only publish individual projects.

Thank you all for your responses.

On Jul 11, 12:26 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam. yah.nonewrote:

>Are the files in the same folder as the project? Try putting them in a
subfolder under the project, and then publishing them. If you have them
marked as content, with Copy Always, it will put them in subfolder with
the
same name in the bin\Release\ folder.

My company is successfully using ClickOnce to deploy its application, and
we include a lot of files this way w/no problem.

The only difference I see is that ours are in a folder under the project
that is the main UI. So you might need to move them over there if the
above
doesn't work.

Robin S.
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"DCDev" <vballdutch...@ yahoo.comwrote in message

news:11******* *************** @g13g2000hsf.go oglegroups.com. ..

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...

[=?Utf-8?B?SlI=?=]

Wow. I did a search on "ClickOnce" and the first article that came up (this
one) is the one that applies to me.

In my case, I have Reports Project that uses Crystal Reports which are not
getting included in the installation.

I'm praying there is a better solution out there than the ones suggested. I
don't want to retool the app by putting them in a resource file...nor would I
want to duplicate the reports in the projects just so the ClickOnce will
include them.

Can someone please enlighten me on a better way to include important files
from dependent projects?

"DCDev" wrote:

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...

[RobinS]

YOu could also include them as Data files, which there's a special folders
path to get to -- it copies them to the DataDirectory each time you install
it. And if the data files don't change, when the user picks up incremental
updates, it will copy the old files forward to the new version. If the
files DO change, it makes the old ones available (I think it copies them
forward into a .\pre folder or something like that -- let me know if you
really want to know, and I'll look it up) and you can programmaticall y
access the old versions if you need to. This is how you could deploy
SQLServer CE database, for example. You would have migration code that is
run when the application updates its version that copies data from the old
database to the new one.

There is an excellent book on ClickOnce by Brian Noyes. It helped me
immensely -- it covers everything from including files to security to
certificates to including prerequisites with the Bootstrapper. Very
helpful.

Robin S.
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"DCDev" <vb***********@ yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@r 34g2000hsd.goog legroups.com...

That's what I ended up doing. I moved them into the main project.
This may cause some issues down the road because I wanted to use these
reports in two separate projects (that's why I had the reports in
their own project, so it could be used by two other projects). Now,
with this approach, I'll have to duplicate the reports in each of the
"main" projects. I don't understand why you can build an entire
solution but only publish individual projects.

Thank you all for your responses.

On Jul 11, 12:26 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam. yah.nonewrote:

>Are the files in the same folder as the project? Try putting them in a
subfolder under the project, and then publishing them. If you have them
marked as content, with Copy Always, it will put them in subfolder with
the
same name in the bin\Release\ folder.

My company is successfully using ClickOnce to deploy its application,
and
we include a lot of files this way w/no problem.

The only difference I see is that ours are in a folder under the project
that is the main UI. So you might need to move them over there if the
above
doesn't work.

Robin S.
----------------------------------------

"DCDev" <vballdutch...@ yahoo.comwrote in message

news:11******* *************** @g13g2000hsf.go oglegroups.com. ..

I have a solution with multiple projects. One project is a
windows forms project. I have report files (.rdlc) in a separate
project that are built as "Content" with the "Copy Always" option.
When I build the solution, these files are copied to the bin\Release
directory, as they should be. However, when I publish the Windows
Forms project, these content files are not copied. How can I make it
so that these content files from the one project are published along
with the windows forms project.

They are not listed in the "Applicatio ns Files" section of the
publish settings.

Thank you...