Update a Windows Forms Application

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I want to know if has a way to my users to run a "patch" then it update the application from version x.0 to x.1 without remove - add...

Posted 18-Nov-13 23:25pm

Rieth L

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johannesnestler · Answer 1 · 2013-11-19T03:15:00

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How about ClickOnce: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/t71a733d.aspx[^]

The easiest free solution I know - easy for you to setup and configure, easy for the users. Though I used it only in enterprise environments to deploy application inside of the company. So I just had to setup a share to host my new versions...

Posted 19-Nov-13 3:15am

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Rieth L 19-Nov-13 10:17am

Ok, but if i want to send a "patch" to my client, and then he run it and update the application, its possible ?

johannesnestler 19-Nov-13 10:25am

With ClickOnce it's easiest to have a update "store" (e.g. a Network share, Website, ..) you can push your changes to. Clients are automatically informed (you can configure that) and new updates are downloaded - this my work even without needing the user to be an Administrator (not always, depends on your app). But you can create a Setup for CD-Installation etc. too - so it should work to create a "patch". I don't know if this is what you want. But try it - it's quite easy to configure it for an test app (or even your real app if you don't have too "complicated" dependencies. Other than that I only used normal MSI Setup projects - I think you can create "patch" Setups with this, but I never tried for my self to create such Setups - just created full installers for every new Version - the user can "update" but in the Background it does a real uninstall/install again.... In general I always found the MSI projects quite difficult if you want to do something "special". But maybe this is better suited to your needs?

Mike Meinz 19-Nov-13 14:28pm

My 5. Agreed, ClickOnce is the best option.