Auto updaters

[Daniel]

Hey guys

When you get software on your machine that does this.

1) You load the software
2) it connects to its server
3) You get a message saying 'a new version of this software exists click to
download'
4) you click to download and then it downloads all the files updates your
software and then loads the app

I have that requirement for my software so that it can auto update itself.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Give me tips? Explain the best
method for implementing this, how it works etc? Any help or advice would be
great thanks

D

[Marc Gravell]

Have you looked at ClickOnce deployment? Else the updater block?

For the latter, consider
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
or http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Va...daterBlock.asp, but the former
(ClickOnce) takes away most of the pain.

Marc

[TheSteph]

This is what you are looking for :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../updaterv2.asp

Steph.
"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.comwrote in message
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Hey guys

When you get software on your machine that does this.

1) You load the software
2) it connects to its server
3) You get a message saying 'a new version of this software exists click

to

download'
4) you click to download and then it downloads all the files updates your
software and then loads the app

I have that requirement for my software so that it can auto update itself.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Give me tips? Explain the best
method for implementing this, how it works etc? Any help or advice would

be

great thanks

D

[Daniel]

To The Steph,

I use net framework 2.0 not 1.1 There is a newer enterprise block download
for .net 2.0 however it does not have a deployment block. Any ideas? I cant
find it anywhere, is this only available if you are using the 1.1 framework
or is it backwards compatible and i need to install both?

Thanks for your help

"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.comwrote in message
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Hey guys

When you get software on your machine that does this.

1) You load the software
2) it connects to its server
3) You get a message saying 'a new version of this software exists click
to download'
4) you click to download and then it downloads all the files updates your
software and then loads the app

I have that requirement for my software so that it can auto update itself.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Give me tips? Explain the best
method for implementing this, how it works etc? Any help or advice would
be great thanks

D

[Daniel]

Marc

I misunderstood, just looked up ClickOnce which is for .net 2.0 and is the
replacement for the updaterblock. I will look into that, thanks for the
pointer.
"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.comwrote in message
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To The Steph,

I use net framework 2.0 not 1.1 There is a newer enterprise block download
for .net 2.0 however it does not have a deployment block. Any ideas? I
cant find it anywhere, is this only available if you are using the 1.1
framework or is it backwards compatible and i need to install both?

Thanks for your help

"Daniel" <Da*****@vestryonline.comwrote in message
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>Hey guys

When you get software on your machine that does this.

1) You load the software
2) it connects to its server
3) You get a message saying 'a new version of this software exists click
to download'
4) you click to download and then it downloads all the files updates your
software and then loads the app

I have that requirement for my software so that it can auto update
itself.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Give me tips? Explain the
best method for implementing this, how it works etc? Any help or advice
would be great thanks

D