Checking for new versions in a setup project

[HIK]

Click once can be set up to pole the setup url if there is a newer
version or not. I have a project which can only be deployed using a
setup project. How can I create the same feature in my setup project,
so the client will automatically check if there is a newer version or not?

haim

[Mike]

hai,
After you generate a setup project using the setup project wizard, look
under deployment project properties.
There is an option for "DetectNewerInstalledVersion". Set it to true
for your requirements.
Also set "RemovePreviousVersions" as per your requirement.

Hope this helps.

[HIK]

Thanks Mike. that was very easy.

Haim

Mike wrote:

hai,
After you generate a setup project using the setup project wizard, look
under deployment project properties.
There is an option for "DetectNewerInstalledVersion". Set it to true
for your requirements.
Also set "RemovePreviousVersions" as per your requirement.

Hope this helps.

[HIK]

Mike,

That didn't help. The "DetectNewerInstalledVersion" prevents the msi
from overwriting a newer version. But when the application is launched,
it does not check if there is a newer built installed.

Haim
Mike wrote:

hai,
After you generate a setup project using the setup project wizard, look
under deployment project properties.
There is an option for "DetectNewerInstalledVersion". Set it to true
for your requirements.
Also set "RemovePreviousVersions" as per your requirement.

Hope this helps.

[Mike]

Try to add a Launch condition from the Launch conditions editor..

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Haim,

How can I create the same feature in my setup project,
so the client will automatically check if there is a newer
version or not?

The ClickOnce project integrates the checking update routine inside its
application code, so the application will check its update automatically
while running.

But the VS2005 setup project is an independent project from the project it
installs. It cannot add the checking update routine to the target project.
And the setup package would not be invoked when its installed application
running. So the setup project could not implement the feature as the
ClickOnce project's. If you want a ClickOnce application's upgrading
feature to your application, you need to implement the checking update
routine manually.

Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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[HIK]

thank you Gary. Basically that is my question. How do I implent the
checking update routine manually?

Haim

Gary Chang[MSFT] wrote:

Hi Haim,

How can I create the same feature in my setup project,
so the client will automatically check if there is a newer
version or not?

The ClickOnce project integrates the checking update routine inside its
application code, so the application will check its update automatically
while running.

But the VS2005 setup project is an independent project from the project it
installs. It cannot add the checking update routine to the target project.
And the setup package would not be invoked when its installed application
running. So the setup project could not implement the feature as the
ClickOnce project's. If you want a ClickOnce application's upgrading
feature to your application, you need to implement the checking update
routine manually.

Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Haim,

I am not very clear how do you publish your product. If you put your new
product installation package on the web, your application needs to query
that target product info page or access a corresponding web service to
check whether an product update is available or not.

Then your application may download that new version installation package,
close itself and install the new one.
Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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