Microsoft ClickOnce Deployment Question

Question

I want to deploy an application using ClickOnce Technology. The application depends on .xml file. The location of the .xml file is provided in the App.config file. This .xml file can be changed by the user. With ClickOnce, i only see (.appref-ms) file downloaded. Is it possible to download dependent files that can be modified by users?

Thanks

Answer 1

First, be sure you're looking in the right place for the files. Applicaitons deployed via ClickOnce are not stored where you'd expect if you haven't run across this before. See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/267k390a.aspx

Second, you can include additional files (termed here as local data). See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d8saf4wy.aspx

Added This might be more helful than the link above. It's a how-to that covers choosing which files are installed. It more directly answers your question.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kzy0fky2.aspx