Objective 4.3: Design a Solution Update Strategy

Successful applications are never finished; developers must release updates regularly to fix bugs and add features. The process of updating applications can be an exciting experience when each update improves an application that everyone already loves. If not planned well, updating can also be a frustrating experience for developers, systems administrators, and users.

This objective discusses how to design a solution update strategy for ClickOnce and Windows Installer applications.

More Info: Versioning

To distribute an update, ClickOnce or Windows Installer will compare the file version installed on the user’s computer to the newest version. Therefore, it’s important that you set the version number ...

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