I am using visual studio to create my first Windows C # wpf desktop.
I am at the stage that I want to release / deploy / build.
In Visual Studio Express 2013, I right-click on my project and click Publish, then click Next and leave the default publishing location as I don’t know what I should put, then I choose to install users from the CD -drive / dvd and let him know that he does not check for updates and does not finish work.
Then create the clickonce application on my desktop. So I upload a web server to it, upload it and try to run.
He is failing.
It says:
Cannot download the application. The application is missing required files. Contact application vendor for assistance.
If I click on the details, I get more details:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.2.9200.0 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.18449
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.18449 built by: FX451RTMGDR
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
dfshim.dll : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : file:
IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : Bingo Game.application, Version=1.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a82aa93ff33fa9be, processorArchitecture=msil
APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Installable application.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Bingo Game.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file:
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [24/06/2014 19:49:15] : Activation of C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Bingo Game.application has started.
* [24/06/2014 19:49:15] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [24/06/2014 19:49:15] : Installation of the application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [24/06/2014 19:49:15] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file:
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallback(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Lanboy\Downloads\Application Files\Bingo Game_1_0_0_1\Bingo Game.exe.manifest'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
What am I doing wrong? Did I miss an important step? Do I need to host the manifest file on my server and somehow point to it?
Any help is appreciated.
Update
In accordance with the comments and answers, I decided to take all the files provided to me for publication and fix them. Files in the zip folder included:
Bingo Game.application
Bingo Game.exe.config.deploy
Bingo Game.exe.deploy
Bingo Game.exe.manifest
Then I upload to the server, download, unzip and click Bingo Game.application, and it fails with the same error as above.