Add clickonce (#252)

* add project * Simple detection that it's from http, then simply download the file first before. This is the simplest hack to get a working prototype, larger files will incur significant delay before being able to show packageInfo in the UX. * fix win10 redirect code too. * update pre-build task to auto-copy built versions of exe and dll
2019-11-06 16:24:18 -08:00 · 2019-11-06 16:24:18 -08:00 · a23cc31e3b
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/App.config
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/App.config
@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <startup> 
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2" />
+    </startup>
+</configuration>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/ClickOnceWrapper.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/ClickOnceWrapper.cs
@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using System.Deployment.Application;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Web;
+
+namespace ClickOnceWrapper
+{
+    static class ClickOnceWrapper
+    {
+        static bool IsRS3OrAbove()
+        {
+            Version osVersion = Environment.OSVersion.Version;
+            if (osVersion.Major >= 10 &&
+                osVersion.Build >= 16299)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The functionality of this ClickOnce Wrapper is to wrap the msixmgr.exe and msix.dll installer binaries.
+        /// This ClickOnce app is intended to be hosted on a website, and be passed in a URL to an .msix package
+        /// This app will then install that .msix package.
+        /// </summary>
+        [STAThread]
+        static void Main()
+        {
+            NameValueCollection col = new NameValueCollection();
+
+            if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed && ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri != null)
+            {
+                string queryString = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.ActivationUri.Query;
+                col = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(queryString);
+
+                string decode = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(col.ToString());
+
+                System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo processInfo;
+                if (IsRS3OrAbove())
+                {
+                    // re-route directly to desktop app installer
+                    string desktopAppInstallerProtocol = "ms-appinstaller:?source=" + decode;
+                    processInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(desktopAppInstallerProtocol);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    string arguments = "-addpackage " + decode;
+                    // It is not possible to launch a ClickOnce app as administrator directly,
+                    // so instead we launch the app as administrator in a new process.
+                    processInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("msixmgr.exe", arguments);
+
+                    // The following properties run the new process as administrator
+                    processInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
+                    processInfo.Verb = "runas";
+                }
+
+                // Start the new process
+                try
+                {
+                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(processInfo);
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    MessageBox.Show("Unable to start this program");
+                }
+                
+                // Shut down the current process
+                Application.Exit();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("Unexpected launch, this clickonce app is expected to launch from http URL with extra URL arguments");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Form1.Designer.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Form1.Designer.cs
@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+namespace WindowsFormsApp1
+{
+    partial class Form1
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Required designer variable.
+        /// </summary>
+        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clean up any resources being used.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposing && (components != null))
+            {
+                components.Dispose();
+            }
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
+
+        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
+        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void InitializeComponent()
+        {
+            this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
+            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(800, 450);
+            this.Text = "Form1";
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
+
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Form1.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Form1.cs
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace WindowsFormsApp1
+{
+    public partial class Form1 : Form
+    {
+        public Form1()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
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+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("WindowsFormsApp1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("WindowsFormsApp1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2019")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
+[assembly: Guid("15ffe029-61a1-41dd-8a37-7c83eb0b1a38")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a tool.
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace msixmgrWrapper.Properties {
+    using System;
+    
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
+    /// </summary>
+    // This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
+    // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
+    // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
+    // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "15.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
+    internal class Resources {
+        
+        private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
+        
+        private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
+        
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
+        internal Resources() {
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
+        /// </summary>
+        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
+            get {
+                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
+                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("msixmgrWrapper.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
+                    resourceMan = temp;
+                }
+                return resourceMan;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
+        ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
+        /// </summary>
+        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+        internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
+            get {
+                return resourceCulture;
+            }
+            set {
+                resourceCulture = value;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Resources.resx
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a tool.
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace msixmgrWrapper.Properties {
+    
+    
+    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "15.9.0.0")]
+    internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
+        
+        private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
+        
+        public static Settings Default {
+            get {
+                return defaultInstance;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/Settings.settings
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)">
+  <Profiles>
+    <Profile Name="(Default)" />
+  </Profiles>
+  <Settings />
+</SettingsFile>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/app.manifest
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/Properties/app.manifest
@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MyApplication.app" />
+  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <!-- UAC Manifest Options
+             If you want to change the Windows User Account Control level replace the 
+             requestedExecutionLevel node with one of the following.
+
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false" />
+
+            Specifying requestedExecutionLevel element will disable file and registry virtualization. 
+            Remove this element if your application requires this virtualization for backwards
+            compatibility.
+        -->
+        <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+      </requestedPrivileges>
+      <applicationRequestMinimum>
+        <PermissionSet Unrestricted="true" ID="Custom" SameSite="site" />
+        <defaultAssemblyRequest permissionSetReference="Custom" />
+      </applicationRequestMinimum>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- A list of the Windows versions that this application has been tested on
+           and is designed to work with. Uncomment the appropriate elements
+           and Windows will automatically select the most compatible environment. -->
+      <!-- Windows Vista -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}" />-->
+      <!-- Windows 7 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}" />
+      <!-- Windows 8 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}" />
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}" />
+      <!-- Windows 10 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+  <!-- Indicates that the application is DPI-aware and will not be automatically scaled by Windows at higher
+       DPIs. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications are automatically DPI-aware and do not need 
+       to opt in. Windows Forms applications targeting .NET Framework 4.6 that opt into this setting, should 
+       also set the 'EnableWindowsFormsHighDpiAutoResizing' setting to 'true' in their app.config. -->
+  <!--
+  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true</dpiAware>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+  -->
+  <!-- Enable themes for Windows common controls and dialogs (Windows XP and later) -->
+  <!--
+  <dependency>
+    <dependentAssembly>
+      <assemblyIdentity
+          type="win32"
+          name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
+          version="6.0.0.0"
+          processorArchitecture="*"
+          publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
+          language="*"
+        />
+    </dependentAssembly>
+  </dependency>
+  -->
+</assembly>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msix.dll
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msix.dll
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msixmgr.exe
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msixmgr.exe
--- a/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msixmgrClickOnceWrapper.csproj
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/ClickOnceWrapper/msixmgrClickOnceWrapper.csproj
@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{15FFE029-61A1-41DD-8A37-7C83EB0B1A38}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <RootNamespace>msixmgrWrapper</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>msixmgrWrapper</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+    <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>true</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
+    <Install>true</Install>
+    <InstallFrom>Web</InstallFrom>
+    <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
+    <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
+    <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
+    <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
+    <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
+    <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
+    <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
+    <InstallUrl>https://appinstallerdemo.azurewebsites.net/MSIXCore/</InstallUrl>
+    <OpenBrowserOnPublish>false</OpenBrowserOnPublish>
+    <TrustUrlParameters>true</TrustUrlParameters>
+    <ApplicationRevision>4</ApplicationRevision>
+    <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
+    <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
+    <PublishWizardCompleted>true</PublishWizardCompleted>
+    <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <StartupObject>ClickOnceWrapper.ClickOnceWrapper</StartupObject>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ApplicationManifest>Properties\app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManifestCertificateThumbprint>06A49B3AA3759805C0B0C9A8CDD0D0069254B07E</ManifestCertificateThumbprint>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManifestKeyFile>msixmgrClickOnceWrapper_TemporaryKey.pfx</ManifestKeyFile>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GenerateManifests>true</GenerateManifests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetZone>LocalIntranet</TargetZone>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SignManifests>true</SignManifests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x64'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <OutputPath>bin\x64\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <Prefer32Bit>true</Prefer32Bit>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x64'">
+    <OutputPath>bin\x64\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <Prefer32Bit>true</Prefer32Bit>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <OutputPath>bin\x86\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <Prefer32Bit>true</Prefer32Bit>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86'">
+    <OutputPath>bin\x86\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <Prefer32Bit>true</Prefer32Bit>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Deployment" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Form1.cs">
+      <SubType>Form</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Form1.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>Form1.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ClickOnceWrapper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
+      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+    </Compile>
+    <None Include="msixmgrClickOnceWrapper_TemporaryKey.pfx" />
+    <None Include="Properties\app.manifest" />
+    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
+      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </None>
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
+      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="App.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 %28x86 and x64%29</ProductName>
+      <Install>true</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
+      <Install>false</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="msix.dll">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="msixmgr.exe">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>copy $(SolutionDir)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)\msix.dll $(ProjectDir)
+copy $(SolutionDir)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)\msixmgr.exe $(ProjectDir)</PreBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr.sln
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr.sln
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 EndProject
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+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{048748AB-B84C-4CEC-A468-3F6914953A3D} = {048748AB-B84C-4CEC-A468-3F6914953A3D}
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "GetMsixmgrProducts", "GetMsixmgrProductsCA\GetMsixmgrProducts.csproj", "{048748AB-B84C-4CEC-A468-3F6914953A3D}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "msixmgrClickOnceWrapper", "ClickOnceWrapper\msixmgrClickOnceWrapper.csproj", "{15FFE029-61A1-41DD-8A37-7C83EB0B1A38}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{AAD31763-5E65-47FD-958A-08E35AB83025} = {AAD31763-5E65-47FD-958A-08E35AB83025}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
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+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
 		Debug|x86 = Debug|x86
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
 		Release|x64 = Release|x64
 		Release|x86 = Release|x86
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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+		{15FFE029-61A1-41DD-8A37-7C83EB0B1A38}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
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 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
--- a/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr/msixmgr.cpp
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr/msixmgr.cpp
@ -92,16 +92,25 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
                {
                    TraceLoggingWrite(g_MsixUITraceLoggingProvider, "Windows10RS3 or later: redirecting to appInstaller");

-                    const int bufSize = 1024;
-                    wchar_t path[bufSize];
-                    if (!GetFullPathNameW(cli.GetPackageFilePathToInstall().c_str(), bufSize, path, nullptr))
-                    {
-                        return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
-                    }
-
                    std::wstring protocol = std::wstring(L"ms-appinstaller:?source=");
-                    protocol.append(path);

+                    std::wstring httpPrefix(L"http");
+                    bool isPathHttp = cli.GetPackageFilePathToInstall().compare(0, httpPrefix.length(), httpPrefix) == 0;
+                    if (isPathHttp)
+                    {
+                        protocol.append(cli.GetPackageFilePathToInstall());
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        const int bufSize = 1024;
+                        wchar_t path[bufSize];
+                        if (!GetFullPathNameW(cli.GetPackageFilePathToInstall().c_str(), bufSize, path, nullptr))
+                        {
+                            return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
+                        }
+
+                        protocol.append(path);
+                    }
                    ShellExecuteW(nullptr, L"Open", protocol.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
                }
                else
--- a/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr/msixmgr.vcxproj
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/msixmgr/msixmgr.vcxproj
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\Debug;..\..\..\.vs\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
      <AdditionalOptions>comctl32.lib %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;urlmon.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
      <DelayLoadDLLs>api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
    </Link>
    <PostBuildEvent>
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\x64\Debug;..\..\..\.vs\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
      <AdditionalOptions>comctl32.lib %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;urlmon.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
      <DelayLoadDLLs>api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
    </Link>
    <PostBuildEvent>
@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\Release;..\..\..\.vs\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
      <AdditionalOptions>comctl32.lib %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;urlmon.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
      <DelayLoadDLLs>api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
    </Link>
    <PostBuildEvent>
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\x64\Release;..\..\..\.vs\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
      <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
      <AdditionalOptions>comctl32.lib %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>msixmgrlib.lib;msix.lib;msi.lib;comctl32.lib;gdiplus.lib;version.lib;taskschd.lib;windowsapp_downlevel.lib;windowsapp.lib;urlmon.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
      <DelayLoadDLLs>api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-0.dll;api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
    </Link>
    <PostBuildEvent>
--- a/preview/MsixCore/msixmgrLib/PackageManager.cpp
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/msixmgrLib/PackageManager.cpp
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ shared_ptr<IMsixResponse> PackageManager::AddPackageAsync(const wstring & packag
    }

    ComPtr<IStream> packageStream;
-    if (FAILED(CreateStreamOnFileUTF16(packageFilePath.c_str(), /*forRead */ true, &packageStream)))
+    if (FAILED(CreateStreamOnPackageUrl(packageFilePath.c_str(), &packageStream)))
    {
        return nullptr;
    }
@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ shared_ptr<IMsixResponse> PackageManager::AddPackageAsync(IStream * packageStrea
    return impl->GetMsixResponse();
 }

+
 HRESULT PackageManager::AddPackage(const wstring & packageFilePath, DeploymentOptions options)
 {
    if (IsWindows10RS3OrLater())
@ -89,14 +90,10 @@ HRESULT PackageManager::AddPackage(const wstring & packageFilePath, DeploymentOp
        RETURN_IF_FAILED(Windows10Redirector::AddPackage(packageFilePath));
        return S_OK;
    }
-
+    
    ComPtr<IStream> packageStream;
-    auto res = CreateStreamOnFileUTF16(packageFilePath.c_str(), /*forRead */ true, &packageStream);
-    if (FAILED(res))
-    {
-        return res;
-    }
-
+    RETURN_IF_FAILED(CreateStreamOnPackageUrl(packageFilePath, &packageStream));
+    
    return AddPackage(packageStream.Get(), options);
 }

@ -165,6 +162,28 @@ HRESULT PackageManager::GetPackageInfo(const wstring & directoryPath, shared_ptr
    return S_OK;
 }

+HRESULT MsixCoreLib::PackageManager::CreateStreamOnPackageUrl(const std::wstring & package, IStream ** stream)
+{
+    std::wstring httpPrefix(L"http");
+    bool isPathHttp = package.compare(0, httpPrefix.length(), httpPrefix) == 0;
+    if (isPathHttp)
+    {
+        TraceLoggingWrite(g_MsixTraceLoggingProvider,
+            "HTTP file detected, will download to cache",
+            TraceLoggingValue(package.c_str(), "PackageFilePath"));
+        WCHAR fileName[MAX_PATH];
+        RETURN_IF_FAILED(URLDownloadToCacheFile(nullptr /*activex iunknown*/, package.c_str(), fileName, MAX_PATH, 0 /*reserved*/, nullptr /*bindstatuscallback*/));
+
+        RETURN_IF_FAILED(CreateStreamOnFileUTF16(fileName, true /*forRead*/, stream));
+    }
+    else // file path
+    {
+        RETURN_IF_FAILED(CreateStreamOnFileUTF16(package.c_str(), true /*forRead */, stream));
+    }
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
 HRESULT PackageManager::FindPackage(const wstring & packageFullName, shared_ptr<IInstalledPackage>& installedPackage)
 {
    auto filemapping = FilePathMappings::GetInstance();
@ -255,7 +274,7 @@ HRESULT PackageManager::GetMsixPackageInfo(const wstring & msixFullPath, shared_
    
    shared_ptr<Package> packageInfo;
    ComPtr<IStream> packageStream;
-    RETURN_IF_FAILED(CreateStreamOnFileUTF16(msixFullPath.c_str(), /*forRead */ true, &packageStream));
+    RETURN_IF_FAILED(CreateStreamOnPackageUrl(msixFullPath.c_str(), &packageStream));
    RETURN_IF_FAILED(PopulatePackageInfo::GetPackageInfoFromPackage(packageStream.Get(), MSIX_VALIDATION_OPTION::MSIX_VALIDATION_OPTION_FULL, &packageInfo));
    
    package = dynamic_pointer_cast<IPackage>(packageInfo);
--- a/preview/MsixCore/msixmgrLib/PackageManager.hpp
+++ b/preview/MsixCore/msixmgrLib/PackageManager.hpp
@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ namespace MsixCoreLib {
        HRESULT GetMsixPackageInfo(const std::wstring & msixFullPath, std::shared_ptr<IPackage> & package) override;
    private:
        HRESULT GetPackageInfo(const std::wstring & directoryPath, std::shared_ptr<IInstalledPackage> & installedPackage);
+        HRESULT CreateStreamOnPackageUrl(const std::wstring & package, IStream** stream);
    };
 }