Installing NetRun

NetRun.exe must be installed directly on the hard drive of client workstations. It requires FullTrust to work, and it solves a set of no-touch deployment issues, so we can't really run NetRun itself using no-touch deployment! It must be installed manually, and then it can run other applications using no-touch deployment.

NetRun can be installed to client workstations using XCOPY deployment, or by creating a setup program or MSI file that users can run. This only needs to be done once to get NetRun out there ”after that, we'll simply use NetRun to launch all our other business applications.

When using NetRun as the core deployment strategy for Windows client applications, it's best to view the installation of the .NET runtime and NetRun.exe as a precondition that all client workstations must meet in order to run our applications.

Ideally, NetRun.exe should be installed into a directory that's in the PATH on the client machine. We want to be able to run it directly from any command prompt, from the Start image from book Run dialog box, or from within a shortcut icon. Either install it into a directory that's already in the PATH , or alter the PATH on the machine to include the directory where NetRun.exe resides.

If we don't put NetRun.exe in the PATH , then the user (or the shortcut) will need to type the full path to NetRun.exe , followed by the URL for the program that is to be launched.



Expert C# Business Objects
Expert C# 2008 Business Objects
ISBN: 1430210192
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 111

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