Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:07 AM
As you might know Click Once does not support Firefox, to be more specific ClickOnce even requires IE to be your default browser to work 100%.
There are a few workarounds available:
- use IE for installing the Click Once application.
This sounds a bit odd, but is probably is the easiest solution. If Firefox is your default browser you might still be able to install a click once app by using IE.
The problem: If your Application carries a bootstrapper along with it to install prerequisites before the actual ClickOnce install, then it might not work.
Workaround here: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=138879 - Install a FireFox Plugin to support ClickOnce
You find one here: http://www.softwarepunk.com/cohelper/
The problem is: solution does not work for Online ClickOnce Apps. - Use ClickOnce Shortcuts
If you install an click once application ( with offline availibility ) you find a shortcut in your Startmenu. The shortcut contains all information neccessary to launch or install the application. Put such a shortcut on you server (e.g with the text “Firefox users click here) and once the users clicks it in Firefox the Open/Save dialog appears. If the users has downloaded shortcut to his local machine and run it, Click Ocne will be invoked and the app will be installed.
The problem: solution does not work for Online ClickOnce Apps
You find more details over at Saurabh Pant’s blog .