Program upgrades

[Craig Brunton]

Dear all,

I am new to visual basic.NET and have recently finished my first program
that works with our design package to create drawings. The problem I now
have is that I have installed the program on the PC's that need it but I
have just update the program to accommodate a new standard for the drawings.

What I want to do is basically perform an upgrade on the current program.

Can someone out there give me some guidance on how to do this or where I can
find some info about it?

Thanks

Craig Brunton

[Les Smith]

Craig
If the client pcs are on a network, load the program from a network drive.
I.e., put the exe on the network and a shortcut on the client pcs to point
to the exe on the network drive. Then, when you need to change the program,
simply rename the old exe, because you can't overlay it if it is being used,
and then copy the new exe to the folder on the network drive. The next time
any user reloads the program, they will get the latest exe.

HTH
Les Smith
Check out articles, add-ins, free code, NET Refactor, NETCommander at
http://www.knowdotnet.com

"Craig Brunton" <cr***********@decorpart.com> wrote in message
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Dear all,

I am new to visual basic.NET and have recently finished my first program
that works with our design package to create drawings. The problem I now
have is that I have installed the program on the PC's that need it but I
have just update the program to accommodate a new standard for the drawings.
What I want to do is basically perform an upgrade on the current program.

Can someone out there give me some guidance on how to do this or where I can find some info about it?

Thanks

Craig Brunton

[Craig Brunton]

Les,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Unfortunately the IT department have said in no uncertain terms that they do
not want this. They don't mind it being on each individual computer but
they have worries about it being on the server.

So do you happen to have any other ideas?

Thanks

Craig Brunton

"Les Smith" <le*@nospamplz.knowdotnet.com> wrote in message
news:e3****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Craig
If the client pcs are on a network, load the program from a network drive.
I.e., put the exe on the network and a shortcut on the client pcs to point
to the exe on the network drive. Then, when you need to change the program, simply rename the old exe, because you can't overlay it if it is being used, and then copy the new exe to the folder on the network drive. The next time any user reloads the program, they will get the latest exe.

HTH
Les Smith
Check out articles, add-ins, free code, NET Refactor, NETCommander at
http://www.knowdotnet.com

"Craig Brunton" <cr***********@decorpart.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Dear all,

I am new to visual basic.NET and have recently finished my first program
that works with our design package to create drawings. The problem I now have is that I have installed the program on the PC's that need it but I
have just update the program to accommodate a new standard for the

drawings.

What I want to do is basically perform an upgrade on the current program.
Can someone out there give me some guidance on how to do this or where I

can

find some info about it?

Thanks

Craig Brunton

[The Grim Reaper]

Personally, I'd install it on the server anyway - forget what IT say.
No wait.... that's the wrong answer.... hehe..
How about writing an update program that keeps track of which PC's all the
copies of the exe are on, and then when you update the "master" exe, you run
the program to update all of the other PC's??
Just a thought...
______________________________
The Grim Reaper

"Craig Brunton" <cr***********@decorpart.com> wrote in message
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Les,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Unfortunately the IT department have said in no uncertain terms that they do not want this. They don't mind it being on each individual computer but
they have worries about it being on the server.

So do you happen to have any other ideas?

Thanks

Craig Brunton

"Les Smith" <le*@nospamplz.knowdotnet.com> wrote in message
news:e3****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Craig
If the client pcs are on a network, load the program from a network drive.

I.e., put the exe on the network and a shortcut on the client pcs to point to the exe on the network drive. Then, when you need to change the

program,

simply rename the old exe, because you can't overlay it if it is being

used,

and then copy the new exe to the folder on the network drive. The next

time

any user reloads the program, they will get the latest exe.

HTH
Les Smith
Check out articles, add-ins, free code, NET Refactor, NETCommander at
http://www.knowdotnet.com

"Craig Brunton" <cr***********@decorpart.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Dear all,

I am new to visual basic.NET and have recently finished my first program that works with our design package to create drawings. The problem I now have is that I have installed the program on the PC's that need it but I have just update the program to accommodate a new standard for the

drawings.

What I want to do is basically perform an upgrade on the current program.
Can someone out there give me some guidance on how to do this or where

I can

find some info about it?

Thanks

Craig Brunton