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Click-Once is not so simple...

ok, here's the problem: i'm using VB.NET 2005 beta 2 all working nicely. i've made an app, debugged it and it runs all nice from the normal exe. but when i went to publish it, it seemed to work all fine until the installation page opened. i try to launch it but it says the "application is improperly formatted". clearly it isn't because i have run the bin exe many times. now, not only does the publishing not work, but when i go back to run the normal bin exe i get another error, once which has never appreared before! it compiles fine, BUT i receive an error saying that the project can't be run: "application configuration is incorrect". someone please tell me how to get around this bug. maybe there's some silly step i'm missing before publishing, but i thought the whole idea of "click-once" was great simplicity. this does not seem to be the case. could someone please help me with this problem. it is very important to me.
thanks in advance,

alex

[969 byte] By [AlexReg] at [2008-1-25]

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# 1

Hi Alex,

In order to better understand the issue you're facing, can you post the error portion of the installation log? To access the log, click the 'Details' button on the error dialog that appears on install.

Thanks,
-Patrick Darragh
VB PM

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

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# 2

Hi,
Thanks for replying.
Here's the details:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (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 : file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG%20Game%20Creator.application

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\DOCUME~1\ALEX\LOCALS~1\TEMP\MyRPG Game Creator.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG%20Game%20Creator.application: the manifest could be invalid or the file could not be opened.
+ The manifest has no XML signature.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [29 Apr 2005 19:39:48 +01:00] : Activation of C:\DOCUME~1\ALEX\LOCALS~1\TEMP\MyRPG Game Creator.application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [29 Apr 2005 19:39:49 +01:00] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG%20Game%20Creator.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.Deployment.Application.ValidationFailedException (Unknown subtype)
- The manifest has no XML signature.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSignature(Stream s)
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 3

The ClickOnce manifests associated with the application must be signed in order to be installed, but from the log it seems this is not occurring.

If you publish from VS with default settings using the Publish Wizard, the appropriate files will be signed with an auto-gen'd test certificate.

Can you go over the specific steps that you took to publish your application? Also, did you have VS 2005 Beta1 previously installed on your machine?

-Patrick

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 4

Yes, I did previously have beta 1 installed. But I went through the required steps to uninstall AND I ran a cleaner. The debug-mode run was working before. It still compiles now but does not run ("application configuration is incorrect" error). my steps to click-once publish it were simply to goto the build menu, click publish, and follow through the brief wizard. after that the install page doesn't work and i can't even run my project normally (which i could easily do before). hope this clarifies things...

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 5

Please, does anyone know what to do?
This really matters to me... Sad

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 6

Alex,

It is common to experience non-determinstic errors like this after uninstalling Beta1 and installing Beta2. If you haven't already done so already, I would install beta2 on a clean machine (ie, on a machine with a fresh install of Windows).

-Patrick

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 7

Patrick,

I am having the same problem as Alex. I did install Beta 2 on a machine that has never had Beta 1 installed on it and still hadthe same error.

Marie

Marie5 at 2007-8-21 >

# 8

Hi all,

Thanks Marie for adding that feedback. To fully understand what's the root cause, I will need the project that you're experiencing the issue with.

Can you open a bug at http://labs.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/ and attach the project? Make a note in the bug that it should be assigned to 'pdarragh.'

Thanks,

-Patrick

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 9

Does anyone know the answer to this thread? I am getting the same error.

PuckiePenn at 2007-8-21 >

# 10

Glad to know it's all not my problem at least... I would try it on a machine with no previous .NET betas, but unfortunately I only have a couple PCs, both with betas installed on them. I'd appreciate if someone else could upload the sample project/report the bug because I would not like to release project source at the moment.
Thanks for your help so far.

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 11

I just remembered that in the dialog box that appears when I try to run the project (in release mode), it says "see the application event log for more details". This may not solve the problem, but could someone please tell me how to view/enable this log. All other error messages don't tell me much about what's happening with Click-Once so maybe this will provide an insight.
By the way, can I just clarify the exact purpose of Click-Once. I know it is a simpe way to publish applications for setup & installation, but is it appropiate for a medium-sized game that we (the team) are developing? I could easily use a 3^rd party program to create the installation, but I think that this would install the .NET framework a lot cleaner.

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 12

Hi Patrick,

I reported the bug and submitted my application files. Thanks!

Marie

Marie5 at 2007-8-21 >

# 13

Hi Alex,

I believe the cause of the problem is that your application name has spaces in the it. There is a known issue in Beta2 that this will cause the ClickOnce manifests to not be signed when published (a requirement for successful install).

Workaround: Remove the spaces from your application name and republish.

Application Event log

Go to your StartMenu -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer -> Application to view the event logs.

ClickOnce Purpose

ClickOnce can be used in many windows client deployment scenarios. It is intended to be a safe installation service with automatic updates back to a server (see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/default.aspx)

The main decision point for you is whether your installation is low-impact, or whether it needs to do things like
-set a key/value in the registry
-register a file ext.
-install a driver
-register a globally shared component, etc

These types of operations cannot be done with ClickOnce, and a Windows Installer package would be better suited.

Cheers,
-Patrick Darragh
VB PM

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 14

Hi,
Thank you very much for the solution. I'm sure this small bug will be fixed in the final release. The event log viewer is also helpful but for some reason it doesn't show anything to do with VB.NET. Unfortunately, I still have a problem... I hope you can still assist me in solving it, as this is important to me and I would be very grateful.
I tried removing the whitespaces from the application name (there's many places where the name is defined but I'm pretty sure I changed the main ones) and I just get a new error when launching the program from the publish web page but the same error when trying to run the application in release mode. The new error states: "Unable to retrieve application. Files missing in deployment."
This is the error log:

SOURCES
Deployment url : file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG_Game_Creator.application

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : MyRPG_Game_Creator.application, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2d42c8a437d355ca, processorArchitecture=msil

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Installable application.

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\DOCUME~1\ALEX\LOCALS~1\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Failed while downloading file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0/MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [03 May 2005 20:03:27 +01:00] : Activation of C:\DOCUME~1\ALEX\LOCALS~1\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator.application has started.
* [03 May 2005 20:03:27 +01:00] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [03 May 2005 20:03:27 +01:00] : Installation of the application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [03 May 2005 20:03:27 +01:00] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Failed while downloading file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ALEX/LOCALS~1/TEMP/MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0/MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifest(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ManifestType manifestType, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\TEMP\MyRPG_Game_Creator_1_0_0_0\MyRPG_Game_Creator.exe.manifest'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

I hope you can understand this better than me.
Thanks again,

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 15

Hi Patrick,
You there still please? I probably shouldn't have marked this post as solved, though you've been of great and reliable assistance so far Smile

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 16

Hi Alex,

I'm sorry to hear that didn't work out for you right away. The only place you need to change is the name of the assemblies in your application.

I would revert the name changes you did previously, and proceed w/ this:

Foreach assembly that makes up your app

if the assembly has spaces in the name then

1. Right-click associated project root node in solution explorer
2. Select Properties
3. On application, remove spaces from value in the Assembly Name field

end if

end foreach

I would then un-install the application from your target machine and clear the publish location of old publish output. Re-publish your app & re-install it to the target machine. Let me know if this works ..

As for the other issue that you're having in the IDE, can you provide any more details (eg, what are the error/warning messages in the error pane?, what's in the output window?)

Thanks,
-Patrick
VB PM

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 17

Hi,
Oops...must have posted at the same time as you. Sorry, I get impatient.
Anyway, the publish error is still the same unfortunately after taking those steps :(. If I can clairfy the matter, what I did once I published the application, I clicked on the 'launch' link. This is when I get the "Unabled to retrieve application. Files missing in deployment." error and the details log. (I also get a "floating point not loaded" error when I try to run setup.exe). Now, just after this happened I go back to the IDE and try to run the solution in debug mode (and release). The exact error is:
--
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program 'C:\....exe'.

This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Review the manifest file for possible errors. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. For more details, please see the application event log.
--

The solution builds perfectly, but I can't actually RUN the application. I get the error shown above when I try to run the EXE from the IDE or explorer.
Hopefully this will clairfy it again...
Thanks,

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 18

Hi,
I dunno what order the posts in this page are but the last one I posted a while back :S Anyway, you probably didn't get a notification about that post, and I've got a very quick 2/3-word answer question. What do I use to create Windows Installer setups?

Alex

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 19

Guess I'll just have to wait for the final release and hope :(

AlexReg at 2007-8-21 >

# 20

Sorry to hear about your troubles, did you get them resolved? I am having the exact same problems using Visual C# Express Edition with no previous installs of any studio packages on the machine.

I tried to remove all the empty spaces in the name of the project, and even created a brand new project from scratch with no blank spaces anywhere just to be sure that the problem was not that. Didn't help, I can run the application from within Visual C# but as soon as I try to publish I get the same error message you got, with the xml sig "unsigned".

I hope someone picks up the discussion again so I can see the solution, it's interesting that it is not specific to Visual Basic.

Azriel at 2007-8-21 >

# 21

I was also having this problem but instead of removing the white spaces I started with a fresh project and this fixed it. I am not sure why manually removing the white spaces didn't work.

Fireburst at 2007-8-21 >

# 22

I have buitl the console Applicaton from the How to: Create a Console Appliaction Tutorial and i have tryed to publish it.
I′m getting the following erroro:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50110.28
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50110.28 (pd7.050110-2800)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50110.28 (pd7.050110-2800)
dfdll.dll : 8.0.50110.28 (pd7.050110-2800)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50110.28 (pd7.050110-2800)
SOURCES
Deployment url : file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Chris/Desktop/ConsoleApplication1.application
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Chris\Desktop\ConsoleApplication1.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Chris/Desktop/ConsoleApplication1.application: the manifest could be invalid or the file could not be opened.
+ Deployment manifest must specify absolute deploymentProvider URI for installed applications.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [16 Mai 2005 02:17:49 +02:00] : Activation of C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Chris\Desktop\ConsoleApplication1.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [16 Mai 2005 02:17:50 +02:00] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Chris/Desktop/ConsoleApplication1.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.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (InvalidManifest)
- Deployment manifest must specify absolute deploymentProvider URI for installed applications.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole()
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemantics(ManifestType manifestType)
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
I don`t know what the absolute deploymentProvider URI is or where to specify it! Can somone help me?

BSE at 2007-8-21 >

# 23

My experience was just go directly to the location where you publish the application, double click the app.application, then it can been run under the IE or explorer.
Why ?
The bad is each time you publish, each time you need to do this again and again...

StevenWang at 2007-8-21 >

# 24

I'm getting a very similar error, here is what show up when I try to deploy my application. When I first installed VBExpress beta 2, I didn't have this problem. Somehow, it just started happening, and even with a new solution that's just a completely blank form.
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (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://intrigue3/no_controls/WindowsApplication1.application
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://intrigue3/no_controls/WindowsApplication1.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://intrigue3/no_controls/WindowsApplication1.application: the manifest could be invalid or the file could not be opened.
+ Deployment manifest contains an invalid application dependency.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [14 Jun 2005 10:34:15 -04:00] : Activation of http://intrigue3/no_controls/WindowsApplication1.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [14 Jun 2005 10:34:15 -04:00] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from http://intrigue3/no_controls/WindowsApplication1.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.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (InvalidManifest)
- Deployment manifest contains an invalid application dependency.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole()
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemantics(ManifestType manifestType)
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

Alfyboy21 at 2007-8-21 >

# 25

Hi Azriel,

The issue is caused by having spaces in the name of the assemblies that make up the application. If you ensure that this is the case, then your project should publish without signing errors.

Cheers,
-Patrick

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 26

Hi Steven,

Visual Studio 2005 will create a test publish.htm page that has a link to your .applicaotin file, and display it after publishing completes. To enable this behaviour do the following:

1. Open the project designer (right-click on your project in the designer and select 'Properties')
2. Go to the 'Publish' tab
3. Select the 'Options' button
4. Check the 'Automatically generate deployment web page on every publish'

Cheers,
-Patrick

PatrickDarragh at 2007-8-21 >

# 27

I have solved this problem by adding MIME mappings on the Virtual machine.

.manifest text/xml
.deploy application/ocetet-stream

Hope it could be helpful. Big Smile

FrankZhang at 2007-8-21 >

# 28

Thanks! your a genius...

Frank Zhang wrote:
I have solved this problem by adding MIME mappings on the Virtual machine.
.manifest text/xml
.deploy application/ocetet-stream
Hope it could be helpful.

mr.red5 at 2007-8-21 >

# 29

How did you do it : I tryied adding the mime ext in IIS... but the error is still here...

boblemar at 2007-8-21 >

# 30

He misspelled "octet". See below. Fixing that will solve your problem.

.manifest text/xml
.deploy application/ocetet-stream

Should be:

.manifest text/xml
.deploy application/octet-stream

clarkbohs at 2007-8-21 >

# 31

ClickOnce is sometimes very buggy in VB.NET 2005 beta 2.

I got tired of trying to get my small slideshow application
to work...in the end i just renamed the generated .exe.deploy file
to .exe and send it off to my users. it works beautifully....because
the only files needed on the destination computer is the .NET
framework dlls.

cheers

Sam5671 at 2007-8-21 >

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