Can any one help with ClickOnce VB2005 install problem
I've published my app to a website using clickonce, when the users try and install my app they can navigate to the website and the page is displayed, but when the install button is selected the myapp.application file is just displayed in the browser as an XML page and the app is not installed.
If the .net fromwork is not installed on the pc, this gets installed first ok then the xml is displayed.
Any ideas what is going wrong
Clickonce fails to install from a web site
Serge Calderara
I've republished it a number of times with the same result, also tried building another complete app and get the same results, also tried FireFox web browser (I'm using XP SP2 IE6) and tried from an old Win2K box with IE6, all give the same result.
I found someone else with a similar problem, their cure was to get their ISP to associate the .application extension with the MIME type 'application/x-ms-application'.
My ISP (BrightView) said the webspace they provide is standard webspace.
They do not support Frontpage extensions or any elements that require server side support. For example, CGI-Bin access, MySQL, ASP.
Not a lot of help!, my understanding is that MIME has noting to do with Frontpage extensions, I'm pretty sure its the web server that's causing this problem, is it likely to be an issue for them to configure MIME, or have I just got a standard reply
Just as one last ting I've tried running the applications Setup.exe file on the web server, and it goes through the usual messages, Open Save Run, then get the normal not Signed message then I get the same XML page (MyApp.application) shown and the app don't install. Now I'm grasping at straws........
Anyone got any ideas of exactly what I need my ISP to do Thanks
Pebeto
Did you rebuild and republish the project If you did, did you try to delete the old publishing directory from your web browser and republish your project I suspect your Application.manifest file has been corrupted.
Best Regards
Ayhan ERGENC
Bunk
Hi,
From the MS documentation I think you only need Front page extensions on the server to automatically upload the install package, I've been creating the project locally (but with the installation URL pointing to my ISP's web site), then ftp the files to the server.
I'm now fairly sure the problem is with my ISP and the fact that they do not support MIME for .application file extensions. (or don't want to help).
Unfortunately I'm now stuck, unless there is a way of using a different file extension that is standard across all web servers.
I'm sure I'm not alone and someone else must have had this problem and hopefully found a workaround.
If you know please respond
Many thanks Colin
saikiran
I thoough you already publish your application to a web server which supports Frontpage Server Extensions. As you can see in this article "Frontpage Server Extensions" is a must for application publishing web server. You can read this article at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228998(VS.80).aspx .
Best Regards,
Ayhan ERGENC