Utility: Click Once Selector

Utility + Click Once Selector

This utility is useful for executables only

Turn off the option Use “.deploy” file extension

The following utility was created for projects that leverage click once for deployment of all necessary resources w/o fully utilizing the install aspect. It leverages the publish directory and the naming conventions to automatically know which directory to open as well as the file to execute.

TECHNOLOGY

.NET Core

CODE

C# | C Sharp

GitHub Source

Getting Started:

Compile the .NET Core Console program and modify the appsettings.json file:

Modify the appsettings.json file to point to your publish directory

Modify the appsettings.json file to point to your stable release version

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Source:

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// Bleeding
private static void LaunchBleedingExecutable(string publishDirectory)
        {
            var publishDirectoryManifestFiles = Directory.GetFiles(publishDirectory, "*.manifest", SearchOption.AllDirectories).ToList();

string manifestFile = string.Empty;
            DateTime manifestLastWriteTime = DateTime.MinValue;

foreach (var publishManifestFile in publishDirectoryManifestFiles)
            {
                FileInfo manifestFileInformation = new FileInfo(publishManifestFile);

if (manifestFileInformation.LastWriteTime > manifestLastWriteTime)
                {
                    manifestFile = publishManifestFile;
                    manifestLastWriteTime = manifestFileInformation.LastWriteTime;
                }
            }

var manifestDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(manifestFile);

var ExecutableName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(manifestFile);
            var ExecutableFile = Path.Combine(manifestDirectory, ExecutableName);

StartProcess(ExecutableFile, manifestDirectory);
        }

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Recommendations:

Switch the solution to a .NET Framework Application
- This would hide the console program window
Add Error Handling
- Isn’t needed in the current implementation
Specify Bleeding Version
- You can specify the stable and bleeding version if you publish / deploy daily

Utility + Click Once Selector

A .NET Standard/C# utility for selecting a published version.