Visual Basic .NET Deployment Handbook

This book aims to cover all that the developer needs to know about deploying non-web-based .NET applications and components. The book will act as both tutorial and reference to Visual Basic .NET developers of all levels whether they are in-house Windows application developers (who traditionally used VB6), third-party developers, or consultants.
What you will learn from this book: the strategies and options available for deploying .NET applications; Advanced Windows Installer techniques; how to secure your applications, including code access security; maintaining your applications with configuration and resource files; how to use the Global Assembly Cache to share assemblies between applications; side-by-side installations of different versions of the same assembly; the various licensing options available, including developer-to-developer licensing; and the legal and technical issues involved in protecting your work.
This book assumes that you are a Visual Basic .NET developer already proficient in developing .NET applications, but no prior experience in deploying applications is required. This book is essential for anyone needing to deploy .NET applications.

This book is aimed at those developing and needing to deploy non-web-based .NET applications and components and will be demonstrated using the VB.NET language. The book will be useful to an experienced in-house Windows application developer (who traditionally used VB6), third-party developers, consultants, or anyone using .NET.