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Matt S - 27 Apr 2006 00:13 GMT

In trying to decide between buying VS2005 standard or pro, I have found that
the comparison chart says that for deployment, the Standard has ClickOnce,
and the Pro version just says Yes.

What's the real difference between the two? Currently, I have been using a
deployment project in VC++.NET 2003, shich works ok for my needs. Is this
ClickOnce similar to that? Does VS2005 Pro have a much better deployment
system that warrants consideration?

Thanks for and advice.

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 27 Apr 2006 09:55 GMT

Hi Matt,

I think that the chart

Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx

means that VS 2005 Standard only supports ClickOnce deployment while the
Professional edition supports all kind of deployment options. For me that
means that VS 2005 Standard does not support setup projects (MSI-based) but
I could be wrong.

ClickOnce and Windows installer (MSI) deployment are not the same. You can
learn more about ClickOnce in this section of my web site (take a look
specially at the article "Choosing Between ClickOnce and Windows
Installer."):

Resources about ClickOnce
http://www.mztools.com/resources_net_developers.htm#ClickOnce

Finally, since the deployment options are the same for the Express edition
and the Standard edition (only ClickOnce), what you can do is to download
the Express Edition (free), test it, and see what you are missing.

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