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Description
This issue will track the docs plan for creating an area in the guide related to deploying .NET 5 windows desktop apps. This is outside of a specific client technology such as WPF or WinForms. The content should be written as a tutorial (how to write a tutorial / file template)
General information
ClickOnce
Outline
- Introduction
- Why it's beneficial
- Alternatives such as VS
- Differences from .NET Fx ClickOnce
- Contribution guide linked to ClickOnce GitHub
- Install mage global tool
- Publish
- Note security concerns
- Deploy
- Install
- Update
- Installer project
- Samples and walkthroughs
- Troubleshooting
- Launcher update availability diagnostics
- Mage reference (link to cli docs)
Potential article placement
It's possible that the file could be written once and shared between different TOCs.
WPF
Repo file: https://github.com/dotnet/docs-desktop/tree/master/dotnet-desktop-guide/net/wpf/publish/clickonce.md
TOC location:
- Windows Presentation Foundation for .NET
- Get started
- ...
- Migration
- ...
- Fundamentals
- ...
- Work with data
- ...
- Publish with ClickOnce
WinForms
Repo file: https://github.com/dotnet/docs-desktop/tree/master/dotnet-desktop-guide/net/winforms/publish/clickonce.md
TOC location:
- Windows Forms for .NET
- What's New
- Get started
- ...
- Migration
- ...
- Forms
- ...
- Controls
- ...
- User input - keyboard
- ...
- User input - mouse
- ...
- Publish with ClickOnce