ClickOnce 通过 TFS 和发布管理

Question

I have seen quite a few blogs around managing a ClickOnce application through TFS up to Visual Studio 2010. The process seems a little convoluted and so I cannot help but wonder if there has been any improvement with later versions of VS? I am using 2015 (VS, TFS & RM) so would love to hear of anyone has had more luck doing this on later versions.

Any help on the matter would be massively appreciated!

Answer 1

These settings worked for me :

/target:publish /p:PublishDir="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\"/ /property:ApplicationVersion=1.0.0.$(Build.SourceVersion)

The $(Build.SourceVersion) variable will be the changeset / git commit id.

Then you can create a release to deploy this somewhere.

• Create a website to deploy to.
• Click Artifacts to select the artifact to deploy.
• Select IIS Deployment to choose machines in a deployment group.
• Click the menu icon highlighted to select the drop folder.
• For further documentation about certificates + signing see other clickonce docs.

I think there's another option to create an html page, but you can just link to the .application file.

Answer 2

You could use the new build system vNext Build to achieve it. Just need to add Publish Build Artifacts step in the build process. You could write a PowerShell script, if you want to copy ClickOnce output to some directory like UNC path/IIS website folder. Here is a blog with detailed steps: Building ClickOnce apps using build vNext

If you still insist on using XAML build, this one will also meet your needs.