Showing posts with label package. Show all posts
Showing posts with label package. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Using Squirrel to replace ClickOnce

Installing Squirrel

While I was searching for a way to make ClickOnce deploy easier after all hardship about certificate and identity errors, I bump into Squirrel.Windows. Thanks to Travis's comment in this question: Deploy a ClickOnce application without signing. Even though no one answer that was Marked ans Answer (yet at the time), the comments really help to give me an idea about some alternatives.

I create a new project that target a .Net Framework 3.5 and start searching for it in the Manage Nuget Packages for Solution.Current latest stable version is 1.4.0. I install it right away.


Create a new Nuget Package for my Visual Studio Application

To create a new Nuget Package, I must install the Nuget Package ExplorerIf uses Internet Explorer, it will run immediately to install if click the Download button.

This is when I run it:



1. I just have to create a new package (Ctrl+N).