Deploying ClickOnce™ Project without Microsoft Visual Studio

Environment Used:

• Windows 7 Professional Terminals SP1
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional
• Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0

 

What you will need:

• Visual Studio for Build the project; For developer environment
• MageUI.exe Graphical Tool (You need to install the latest Windows SDK) for Deployment environment

 

MageUI.exe is available under C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools

 

Steps:

1. In Visual Studio, go to the Project Properties > Application Tab > Under Resources > Select “Create application without Manifest” from the drop down
2. Build your project.
3. [1]Follow the steps from the MSDN’s walkthrough: Manually Deploying a ClickOnce Application > To Deploy an application with MageUI.exe graphical tool

Things MageUI will not be creating, but created in Visual Studio Publish Wizard are:

• Setup.exe
• Publish Web Page

 

Resources:

• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xc3tc5xx.aspx
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5337458/error-deploying-clickonce-application-reference-in-the-manifest-does-not-match

 

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[1] In the Clause 3 under To deploy an application with the MageUI.exe graphical tool: Copy all the files in Project’s bin folder to deployment directory.

 

Migration from VS 2005 to VS 2012: Crystal Reports

The following links allows you to download the necessary Crystal Report bundle
SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2012

The following is the Service Packs associated with Crystal Report product
 Crystal Reports/SAP Crystal Reports Service Packs