Posted on
12/5/2006
in General
OnceClick Deployment - Good Article. How to add data files.
VisualStudio 2005 and the Visual
Studio Express editions have a nifty
deployment option unlike the regular installer that creates MSI / Cab
files. Publishing is made easy using OnceClick Smart
Client Deployment. See the following article
by Patrick Darragh.
This article explains everything you need to know about it. The only
thing I could not deduce easily was how to include data files
as part of your deployment. Let's say for example your
.Net application reads in some data from a .csv file. How would you
include that as part of the package.
Including
data files as part of the publishing options
Here
is how:
1. In Solution Explorer right-click the root project element
and select
"Add new..." or "Add existing..." to add your data file.
2. Once added, right-click on the added file and select properties.
3. From "Build Action" select "Content"
That's it.
Publish will then include those files selected as "Content" in your
deployment package. You may wish to put your data files in a folder
and then run publish.
By Frank Neubecker