Publishing an application for the first time

When you are ready to deploy an application to users, you publish it to the server. Users can then download the application, usually from a publish page that contains a link to the server.

• Set Publishing Properties
  If you did not create a .NET Windows Forms project when creating an application that you want to publish with intelligent update capabilities, you can use a wizard or icon on the Project page of the New dialog box to create the project.
• Locations for Publish, Install, and Update
  The publish location, specified on the Publish page in the Project painter, determines where the application files are generated or copied to when you publish the application. It can be an HTTP address, an FTP site, or a UNC address.
• Digital Certificates
  A digital certificate is a file that contains a cryptographic public/private key pair, along with metadata describing the publisher to whom the certificate was issued and the agency that issued the certificate.
• Setting Full Trust Permissions
  When you deploy and run an application from a network path (either a path on a mapped drive or a UNC path), the .NET Framework on the computer must be configured to have Full Trust permissions at runtime.
• Publication Process and Results
  After you set publish properties, click the Publish button on the toolbar in the Project painter to publish the application to the server.