I created a simple WinForm application and attempted to publish it using ClickOnce. Whenever I attempt to access the application from a computer other than the workstation it was developed on I get the following:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.0.2195.262144 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50215.44
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
dfdll.dll : 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)
SOURCES
Deployment url : http://www.wrightsoftwaresolutions.com/CategoryDisplay/CategoryDisplay.application
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://www.wrightsoftwaresolutions.com/CategoryDisplay/CategoryDisplay.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://www.wrightsoftwaresolutions.com/CategoryDisplay/CategoryDisplay.application: the manifest could be invalid or the file could not be opened.
+ The element 'assembly' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' has invalid child element 'publisherIdentity' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2'. Expected 'dependency' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'dependency' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'file' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'file, configuration, deployment, entryPoint, trustInfo, licensing, migration' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'clrClass' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'clrClass' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'clrSurrogate' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'clrSurrogate' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'comInterfaceExternalProxyStub' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'comInterfaceExternalProxyStub, KeyInfo' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'Signature' in namespace 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#' as well as any element in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3'.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [25 Sep 2005 21:09:25 -05:00] : Activation of http://www.wrightsoftwaresolutions.com/CategoryDisplay/CategoryDisplay.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [25 Sep 2005 21:09:25 -05:00] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from http://www.wrightsoftwaresolutions.com/CategoryDisplay/CategoryDisplay.application: the manifest could be invalid or the file could not be opened.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifest(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ManifestType manifestType, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirect(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifest(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException
- The element 'assembly' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' has invalid child element 'publisherIdentity' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2'. Expected 'dependency' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'dependency' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'file' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'file, configuration, deployment, entryPoint, trustInfo, licensing, migration' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'clrClass' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'clrClass' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'clrSurrogate' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'clrSurrogate' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'comInterfaceExternalProxyStub' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' as well as 'comInterfaceExternalProxyStub, KeyInfo' in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2' as well as 'Signature' in namespace 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#' as well as any element in namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3'.
- Source: System.Xml
- Stack trace:
at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(ValidationEventHandler eventHandler, Object sender, XmlSchemaValidationException e, XmlSeverityType severity)
at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ElementValidationError(XmlQualifiedName name, ValidationState context, ValidationEventHandler eventHandler, Object sender, String sourceUri, Int32 lineNo, Int32 linePos, Boolean getParticles)
at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElementContext(XmlQualifiedName elementName, Boolean& invalidElementInContext)
at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElement(String localName, String namespaceUri, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo, String xsiType, String xsiNil, String xsiSchemaLocation, String xsiNoNamespaceSchemaLocation)
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessReaderEvent()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
Any suggestions
Steve Miller

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Jason Sandlin
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