How to pass startup parameters to an online ClickOnce app

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I've tried to search answer for this but so far no avail. I have an online ClickOnce application which is started using an UNC path (not using an URL). I'd need to pass a few startup parameters to this application from another application (not a .Net app) but I just can't find out how.

So far I've tried using:
- Application.ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri
- AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ActivationArguments.ActivationData
- File associations

but none of these approaches seem to work with online install mode.

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Posted 24-Nov-15 4:17am

Wendelius

Updated 30-May-18 11:42am

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DotNetSteve 24-Nov-15 11:11am

Please see if this link helps - https://robindotnet.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/how-to-pass-arguments-to-an-offline-clickonce-application/

Wendelius 24-Nov-15 12:59pm

Thanks for the link but that applies to an offline installation. Or at least I can't get it working with online install mode.

DotNetSteve 24-Nov-15 13:33pm

Does this help? - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172242(VS.80).aspx

Wendelius 24-Nov-15 14:00pm

That applies when the ClickOnce application is launched using an URL. In my situation the application is started from a network share using an UNC path, e.g. \\server\share\folder\someapp param1 param2

DotNetSteve 24-Nov-15 14:12pm

OK, I found this but if it is true, doesn't seem to be a way to do it - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8636585/clickonce-unc-command-line

Wendelius 25-Nov-15 4:59am

But then again, there are conversations like this https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/windows/en-us/b3360e34-633c-49d8-99c3-8108e557ef47/clickonce-and-command-line-parameters[^]. However, I just can't seem to find a working solution for combination: UNC + online + startup parameters...

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