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Packaging .NET app as one executable (ILMerge)

Hi,
We would like to take one of our .NET apps and create one executable (that includes a couple of the components we use) that can be run from a network location on the end users machine (without having to go through the typical install/setup program on each user machine).
That is the end result of what we would like. We have experimented with ILMerge a little (create one executable with all assemblies), but can't get it to work correctly yet. Has anyone have any experience with ILMerge that they can provide some examples/help and/or know of any other way/tools to accomplish this? Thanks much in advance!
[632 byte] By [GRANCOCLARK] at [2007-11-11 7:17:46]
# 1 Re: Packaging .NET app as one executable (ILMerge)
I don't know anything about ILMerge, but I know that .NET supports ClickOnce deployment, in which users may navigate to a URL and have the app install itself over the network without user interaction. See http://www.google.com/search?q=clickonce for more information.
Phil Weber at 2007-11-11 21:49:20 >