Auto update app

[Guest]

Hi

I need to create an auto update feature for my c# application.

I was thinking of having two applications.

App1

Download .cab file from internet site
Start App2

App2
Kill App1
Rename delete App1.exe
Run new .cab file
Start App1.exe


Will this work?
What's the most efficent way of doing this?

Any help (or resources) are much appreciated.

Thanks
Rob

 

[Sergey Bogdanov]

Take a look at "Creating Self-Updating Applications" from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclie...y/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/DeploymentPatterns.asp

also see Alex Feinman's article "Creating Self-Updating Applications
With the .NET Compact Framework":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/AutoUpdater.asp

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sergey, works a treat now.

Take a look at "Creating Self-Updating Applications" from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclie...y/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/DeploymentPatterns.asp

also see Alex Feinman's article "Creating Self-Updating Applications
With the .NET Compact Framework":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/AutoUpdater.asp

 

[Brian]

Hi,

although this thread is pretty old, I'll leave a link to an application framework I just published (WmAutoUpdate), which enables automatic self-updates for compact framework apps. It's freely available on Github:http://github.com/seboslaw/wmautoupdate

Fromhttp://www.developmentnow.com/g/18_2005_5_0_0_526202/Auto-update-app.htm

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Thanks Sebastian. I'll definitely have a look at it. Not quite at
the point that it is needed yet, but having an idea of how to do it
beforehand never hurts!