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One Click Installation

I have an application which requires OCXs to be deployed and registered on
the workstation. Is it possible to run the application install from an MSI
and have One Click then look for updates to the EXEs? I know it cannot pick
up changes to the OCXs. Or must I create a bootstrap application to
install/register the OCXs prior to the application being placed on the
workstation?

Second question: When I enter the information for the One Click application,
I would publish to my ftp site, but my customers will be copying the
information from the ftp site to their web server. I am assuming I would
place their web server into the Installation URL field in the Publish
window. What happens if they move the web server?

Thank you in advance.
Aug 3 '06 #1
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Greetings,

I am pretty sure you can publish and install your OCXs with Click Once.
Just add the OCXs to your project, then in the propertySheet of the OCX(s)
when in the Publish Window, look at the File Properties of the OCX(s). In
the build action you have 4 options - Non, Compile, Copy Content, Embed.
You might want to try the Copy Content option. Then in the Copy To Output
Directory Opion, select Copy Always.

Note: If your OCXs are com based, you might want to upgrade them to .Net Dlls

AS for your second question, I believe if your customers change their
webservers, you need to change the (2nd) publish URL. The alternative would
be for the customers to go to a link and perform their updates that way (not
as automated though).

Rich

"Stephen Costanzo" wrote:
I have an application which requires OCXs to be deployed and registered on
the workstation. Is it possible to run the application install from an MSI
and have One Click then look for updates to the EXEs? I know it cannot pick
up changes to the OCXs. Or must I create a bootstrap application to
install/register the OCXs prior to the application being placed on the
workstation?

Second question: When I enter the information for the One Click application,
I would publish to my ftp site, but my customers will be copying the
information from the ftp site to their web server. I am assuming I would
place their web server into the Installation URL field in the Publish
window. What happens if they move the web server?

Thank you in advance.
Aug 3 '06 #2
Thanks Rich.

If I understand your second point correctly, I would have to repackage the
application if that changed.

Thank you

"Rich" <Ri**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:29**********************************@microsof t.com...
Greetings,

I am pretty sure you can publish and install your OCXs with Click Once.
Just add the OCXs to your project, then in the propertySheet of the OCX(s)
when in the Publish Window, look at the File Properties of the OCX(s). In
the build action you have 4 options - Non, Compile, Copy Content, Embed.
You might want to try the Copy Content option. Then in the Copy To
Output
Directory Opion, select Copy Always.

Note: If your OCXs are com based, you might want to upgrade them to .Net
Dlls

AS for your second question, I believe if your customers change their
webservers, you need to change the (2nd) publish URL. The alternative
would
be for the customers to go to a link and perform their updates that way
(not
as automated though).

Rich

"Stephen Costanzo" wrote:
>I have an application which requires OCXs to be deployed and registered
on
the workstation. Is it possible to run the application install from an
MSI
and have One Click then look for updates to the EXEs? I know it cannot
pick
up changes to the OCXs. Or must I create a bootstrap application to
install/register the OCXs prior to the application being placed on the
workstation?

Second question: When I enter the information for the One Click
application,
I would publish to my ftp site, but my customers will be copying the
information from the ftp site to their web server. I am assuming I would
place their web server into the Installation URL field in the Publish
window. What happens if they move the web server?

Thank you in advance.

Aug 9 '06 #3

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