Single-file executables in .NET Core 3
Posted: September 22, 2019 Filed under: .NET Core | Tags: .NET Core, DevOps, MSIX, WPF 1 CommentThe new PublishSingleFile option in .NET Core 3 lets you package an application into a single executable (.exe) file that contains all assemblies, resources, content files and other stuff that the app requires at runtime. This means that the output directory of an app that previously would contain a bunch of framework specific and referenced DLLs, configuration files and other content can now be reduced to contain only a single .exe file that you can simply double-click on to run the app. These single-file executables do however come with some gotchas.
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Handle Protocol Activation and Redirection in Packaged Apps
Posted: May 10, 2019 Filed under: .NET, MSIX, WPF | Tags: .NET, C#, Desktop Bridge, MSIX, UWP, WPF 3 CommentsAn example of how to handle Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) protocol and file extension activation in a packaged WPF application.
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