There are some differences between using GN4 over ClickOnce or installed locally.
•Installation folders: GN4 over ClickOnce gets installed in ClickOnce folders, while GN4 installed locally resides in the folder of your choice, typically c:\tera\gn4\relX\bin or c:\tera\gn4\bin.
•Installation duplication: GN4 over ClickOnce gets re-installed (duplicated) once for each Windows user, while GN4 installed locally can be used by all users. If one computer is used by many Windows users, this may require extra disk space.
•Installation automation: GN4 over ClickOnce installing is highly automated. Though, you need to install all prerequisites manually (logged as Administrator). For GN4 installed locally, you need to install all files manually.
•Installation auto-update: GN4 over ClickOnce update is automated and it happens on the first access after the server update. For GN4 installed locally, you need to reinstall all changed files manually.
•Command line switches: GN4 over ClickOnce does not support command line switches in versions prior to 2.0, while they are supported in GN4 installed locally. See ClickOnce and command-line switches.
•Load of add-ins from the local drive for testing purposes: GN4 over ClickOnce does not support loading of compiled add-ins from the local drive (it always loads them from the database). This prevents you to test the add-ins changes on the production system without distributing them to all users, by loading them in the database. GN4 installed locally supports the load of add-ins from the local drive.
•Add-ins debugging: GN4 over ClickOnce does not support debugging of add-ins - you need GN4 installed locally for that.