Can ClickOnce deployment be used with windows mobile and compact frameworks?

Question

Can I use the ClickOnce deployment method to deploy and auto update applications targeted for the windows mobile platform (eg smartphone or pocket pc)?

Answer 1

True Click-Once is not supported. You might look at these articles to give you a better feel for what can be done:

• MSDN Article on Deployment Patterns
• Alex Feinman's article on self-updating apps

You can also package the app into a CAB File that you put on the web for OTA deployment. There are also a couple third-party providers like CloudSync and mProdigy (used neither so YMMV) for OTA as well.

Answer 2

No. Hopefully in the future.