Deploying Separate User/Site Configurations with ClickOnce

In addition to the using statements, add a reference to System.Web.

Figure 11: Adding the System.Web reference

Now, add the following code to the form's constructor. This code processes parameters from the URL used to deploy or launch the application. Once the parameters have been added to the dictionary collection, they can be used to change the text of the form.

public Form1()
{
   InitializeComponent();

   NameValueCollection nameValueTable = new NameValueCollection();

   if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
   {
      if (ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri
         != null)
      {
         string queryString =
            ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.
               ActivationUri.Query;
         nameValueTable =
            HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(queryString);

         string[] values = new string[nameValueTable.Count];

         for (int i = 0; i < nameValueTable.Count; i++)
         {
            values[i] = nameValueTable[i];
         }
      }
   }

   if (nameValueTable.Count > 0)
   {
      if (nameValueTable.Keys[0].ToString().Equals("title"))
         this.Text = nameValueTable["title"].ToString();
   }
)

Next, right-click on the Project (*.csproj) and select Properties. Navigate to the 'Publish' tab. Enter the folder you created earlier, "C:\ClickOnceDeployment" Next, enter the IIS virtual directory created earlier as the Installation Folder URL. In this example, you are publishing to, installing from, and updating from the same location.

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Figure 12: Configuring the ClickOnce deployment

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This article was originally published on February 25, 2009