No need for installation but just copy??

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DraguVaso

Hi,

I read in an other thread that it is not necessary to do an installation of
an application: Just copying everything in a directory is enough. Is this
really true? Even if there are new dll's etc included?

If this would be true this would be a great advantage to deployment on
client-computers because they won't need anymore to have
adminsitrator-rights.

Am I wrong or is there something I didn't think about?

Pieter
 
It depends.
This is true for simple applications that are managed (.NET app and DLL's)
But ... if you start using ActiveX etc. you will have to use an installer.

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I always thought that an installer is a 'nicer' way of deploying. Even in
COM world, nobody stopped us from copying the files manually and registering
the components manually using regsvr32. The installers just automates this
task. Even in .NET world lets say if you want to 'install' (or shall i say
deploy) an assembly into GAC, well its better to automate it rather than
doing in manually. COM Interop, Its getter to let the installer run the
regasm tool rather than we manually doing it on the target machine. We can
always add an entry into the START menu to start our application, but the
installer can do it for us. Moreover, the installers simplify the task of
'uninstalling' the application from the machine, as it keeps track of the
'installed' components, we don't need to keep alist of the dlls to be
deleted from the machine when it comes to uninstalling an application.

--Saurabh
 
DraguVaso said:
I read in an other thread that it is not necessary to do an installation of
an application: Just copying everything in a directory is enough. Is this
really true? Even if there are new dll's etc included?
Click to expand...

The new DLLs must be copied onto the machine too. In general, I would
install an application using a setup...
 
I normally do Use a setup too, but in case you have to install an
application on 200 pc's it's not really niceto have to logon and isntall on
every pc...
 
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