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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