Redistributing Sync Framework
Sync Framework components are redistributed by including one or more of the Sync Framework installation packages with your application deployment. Components are provided in separate packages so that installation can be tailored to application requirements. Redistributing Sync Framework by packaging the SDK or by installing individual DLLs is not supported.
Determining Which Packages To Install
Sync Framework provides three installation packages on the Microsoft Download Center. These install components into Program Files\Microsoft Sync Framework\v2.0\Runtime. Depending on processor architecture, the final directory in the install path is either \x86, \x64, or \ia64. Managed DLLs are also added to the global assembly cache (GAC).
Based on your application's functionality, determine which of the following packages are required. The package names listed are for the initial English version for x86 platforms; the names for other versions will differ.
Synchronization-v2.0-x86-ENU.msi (This package is a pre-requisite for the other packages and must be installed first.)
DLLs Installed Description Microsoft.Synchronization.dll, Synchronization2.dll, FeedSync2.dll
Managed and native API for the synchronization runtime, core components, and Web synchronization components. For more information, see Synchronizing Data Stores by Using Custom Providers and Synchronizing Web Feeds.
ProviderServices-v2.0-x86-ENU.msi
DLLs Installed Description Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage.dll and MetaStore2.dll; and Msfdb.dll, Msfdbqp.dll, and Msfdbse.dll
Managed and native API for the metadata storage service; and DLLs for the lightweight database that the service uses. For more information, see Sync Framework Metadata Storage Service.
Microsoft.Synchronization.SimpleProviders.dll and SimpleProviders2.dll
Managed and native API for simple custom providers. For more information, see Implementing a Simple Custom Provider.
Microsoft.Synchronization.Files.dll and FileSyncProvider2.dll
Managed and native API for the file synchronization provider. For more information, see Synchronizing Files.
DatabaseProviders-v2.0-x86-ENU.msi
DLLs Installed Description Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.dll, Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server.dll, Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.dll, and Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.dll
Managed API for database synchronization providers. For more information, see Synchronizing Databases.
Installing the Required Packages
After you determine which packages your application requires, these prerequisites should be installed on each user's computer as part of an application deployment. Each Sync Framework installation package detects whether the components in the package exist on the user's computer and installs those components if they do not exist. If Sync Framework components are subsequently uninstalled, they must be re-installed manually or by the application before the application can run properly.
In Visual Studio, you can deploy applications by using either ClickOnce deployment or Windows Installer deployment technology. If you use Visual Studio for application deployment, you can use the bootstrapper packages that Sync Framework provides to simplify the process of adding installation prerequisites. The bootstrapper packages are available from the Microsoft Download Center. The download page includes detailed instructions about how to use these packages.
For more information about application deployment and prerequisites in Visual Studio, see the following topics.
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Describes how to deploy Windows-based applications from Visual Studio by using ClickOnce and Windows Installer. |
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Describes how to specify prerequisites for application deployment in Visual Studio. |
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Describes the options that are available in the Visual Studio Prerequisites dialog box. |