Rick
Sun Jul 17 12:20:02 CDT 2005
Thank you, David. I will follow up and report back with my progress.
"David McNamee" wrote:
> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5197CBB-ED4D-45A6-8A39-5D48CA234316@microsoft.com...
> > Hoping you can help me answer a couple of questions.
> >
> > First, I have read the CF 2.0 does not support ClickOnce. Is this true
>
> It's true.
>
> >and do you know if there are plans to support ClickOnce on CF?
>
> To the best of my knowledge, there aren't any public feature discussions
> that go beyond Compact Framework 2.0
>
> > Second, does CF 2.0 support Code Access Security?
>
> Nope.
>
> > Along the lines of the first question, if the answer is no, what are the
> > best practices for handling mass deployments (250+ devices) and
> > maintaining
> > updates/new releases?
>
> The answer depends greatly on your scenario. Here are a few of the options,
> though.
>
> * For enterprise scenarios, Systems Management Server is capable of doing
> the job. This will allow IT operations to maintain control of application
> distribution.
> * Publish the CAB files to a web page and let the users download from
> there.
> * Send Compact Flash or SD cards to the users to install the application on
> the device.
> * Figure out how to use ActiveSync to install the application from the
> desktop
>
> As for updating, each of the above applies. Another option might be to look
> at porting the Application Updater block from the PAG
> (
http://msdn.microsoft.com/patterns). That would allow the application to
> be self-updating. It would be some work, but it might be doable.
>
> -david
>
> --
> David McNamee
> Mobility Architect
> developerLabs, Inc
>
http://www.developerLabs.NET/
>
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