Hi, Today at the Windows Longhorn Dev Pow Wow (PDC) in Los Angeles Microsoft the self-proclaimed "innovation hot house" unveiled its latest "inventions" upcoming in Longhorn - the next Windows version.
The line-up includes: * MSBuild - a XML scriptable build system * XAML - a XML language for UIs * and ClickOnce - a new application-deployment technology. According to Microsoft Watch site: ClickOnce is designed to make installing apps easier � especially managed apps that are built with Windows Forms and Avalon, Microsoft's stack of presentation/graphics application-programming interfaces that will be an integral part of Longhorn. "ClickOnce allows developers to deploy and update their applications by simply copying the files to a Web-site and doesn't require separate setup authoring," explains Microsoft on its PDC session site. "These applications are isolated from other applications, and as a result have the TCO (total cost of ownership) advantages of a Web browser-based application." Microsoft is touting ClickOnce as technology that will bring "all the benefits of the Web application deployment model...to the Windows client application." It is a key piece of the technology that will put the "smart" in smart clients, as it will add new offline application support capabilities, such as rolling back to previous versions of an application and listing an application in the Start Menu and control panel - even when disconnected from the Net. Microsoft is planning to add ClickOnce to Longhorn, too, according to the PDC session site. By adding ClickOnce to Longhorn, Microsoft is aiming to improve application deployment further, by integrating the new technology with Longhorn's background updates, desktop shell and progressive rendering. - Gerald ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ lopica-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lopica-announce
