Detect ClickOnce program's server?
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05-07-2019 - |
Question
I'm deploying a ClickOnce application. I need to find a way to detect from which server the application was downloaded and installed from - because the application checks for updates on launch, I know that somewhere it knows the "parent" server - can I get at that value somehow?
I need this value because the installed program needs to access services on the server that it was installed from - but that server can change depending on the deployment environment.
Solution
You can use
ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment
(specifically, ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.UpdateLocation
) to access the ClickOnce properties associated with the running instance.
Note that if you're debugging, these won't be available - you can do an
if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
To test if you're running the application through the ClickOnce deployment.
OTHER TIPS
ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri