Deploying Simple Applications

Deployment to computers with the common language runtime already installed could not be simpler. Our simple program can be run directly from a file server (more advanced programs might involve security issues), in which case, no files are placed on the workstation, no entries are made in the registry and, in effect, there is no impact at all on the workstation. This also means that there is nothing to clean up, because there is nothing to uninstall. A related benefit is that running this program cannot break another program, nor can any other program cause this one to stop functioning.

As you would expect, Hello.exe can also be copied to a local volume. In this situation, simply deleting the file is sufficient to uninstall the program and, again, nothing remains on the workstation.

See Also

(2) A Simple Componentized Application | (3) Path for Private Components | (4) A Shared Component | (5) Component Versioning | Packaging and Deployment Summary | Appendix A: Additional Packaging and Deployment Information | Appendix B: Packaging and Deployment Tools