Recommendations for installation methods

One of things we do appreciate about ClickOnce is the ability to initiate the installation through a simple web-address. From my understanding, wyBuild/Update doesn't currently support this. Is there any 3rd party tool that can be used to provide this functionality? Or is it possible to create a small ClickOnce app that can download and initiate the installation process (keeping in mind that user security could very well become an issue in this case)?

Thanks,Chris

Well, there are a few things you could do. One thing is to do as you described -- create a clickonce "wrapper" that just includes wyUpdate.exe and the client.wyc file, launch the wyUpdate.exe to download the latest version of your app. (See the step by step walkthrough to learn what the client.wyc and wyUpdate.exe do and mean).

Another option is to avoid ClickOnce altogether and just make a simple "bootstrapper" installer using an installer like InnoSetup or NSIS. This wrapper installer will just install wyUpdate.exe and the client.wyc file, then the installer will launch wyUpdate.exe to download your actual app.

Does that make sense?

Of course, you can also go the more traditional method of including your latest full app in an installer and wyUpdate will just be used by your older customer to update to your newest version.

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