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    New to VS and .net (yeah, I know, just a tad late to the game) and we're upgrading some small, mostly uncomplicated VB6 apps that are run from a network drive on both workstations and users on an application server.

    With the VB6 apps we'd run an install if necessary to put whatever components were needed on the workstation (dlls or OCXs) then all workstations and app server users had a tool bar on the task bar that pointed to the network drive.

    If an app needed tweaking we'd just update the exe that everyone's task bar was pointing to and everyone was good to go.

    I've spent a few hours looking at how to create a similar situation with the upgraded .net apps and would love to hear some opinions and ideas of the simplest way to do so.

    Many thanks,
    Ken

    Wednesday, April 22, 2020 2:47 AM

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    Hi KenKrugh,

    >>If an app needed tweaking we'd just update the exe that everyone's task bar was pointing to and everyone was good to go.

    Do you mean that qucikly deploying your application to app server without clickonce?If so, I am afraid that you can't get the results you want at this stage.

    If I misunderstand it, could you share more details about how it works?

    Best Regards,
    Dylan

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    Wednesday, April 22, 2020 9:54 AM
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    Hi Dylan, Thanks for responding.

    When I install the ClickOnce app on the app server it shows on everyone's start bar but when a user runs it it wants to install for each user, then shows up on the start bar twice. Maybe there's something I'm missing in the app's set up in VS?

    I found various posts that mention simply taking the exe and dlls from the "bin" folder and "deploying" those, in what manner I'm not sure.

    I'm also considering simply pointing the shortcuts on everyone's machine to the exe in the "bin" folder, similar to what we were doing with the VB6 apps. For that I'd need to run a setup on the work stations to get the dlls copied and registered. Is there a "best practice" or preferred method for creating "non-ClickOnce" apps? It seems there are a multitude of choices/extensions I can use in VS for creating an install, all of which seem to do the same thing.

    Thanks again for taking the time,
    Ken

    Wednesday, April 22, 2020 11:59 AM
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    Hi KenKrugh,

    According to your description, you want to look for a method to distribute your application from app server to client machine. And, we are sorry that it is beyond our support range, our forum is discussing about the usage of VS IDE.

    To provide better support for you, we will move it to Where is the forum for...? and then you would be redirected to appropriate forum.

    Best Regards,
    Dylan

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    Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:54 AM
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    Hello,

    you could ask here:

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=windowsserver

    Regards, Guido

    Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:06 AM
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    I'd try asking for help over here.

    https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=visualstudiogeneral

     

     


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    Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:34 PM