Non-Touch Deployment - Start App using URL

[Dany]

Hi therem, I am writing a lot of application which are used within our
LAN and are called by clicking on a website onto an URL which is
launching the *.exe of the Samart Application. I know the 3
possibilities of deploying non-touch apps. I just have one more
question.

Situation:
1. Direct execute by clicking on URL link to *.exe
2. App is downloaded to assembly casch.
3. App is executed form assembly casch.
4. Next time the user executes the app using URL, the version is
compared

Question:
1. Is it possible to control the download of the application from
the URL to the assembly casch?
2. If yes, is it possible to display something to the user that
says the Application is downloading?

Thanks for your answers.
Best Regards,
Dany

 

[George Shubin]

See www.dxloader.com

I use it all the time to update my clients with new versions of software I
wrote for them. I upload the appropriate files to an area on my Internet
server. dXLoader on my client's server polls that location periodically and
downloads new versions of the files when available. Workstations on my
client's LAN have dXLoader refresh their program files if the versions on
their machine are older than those on the server. Works real slick
without having to futz around with IIS and all that. It's saved me tons of
long-distance charges and on-site time.

 

[Dany]

Thanks George, but this doesn't answer my question. The tool you
showed me is nice but I could write this by myself to control the
local installed apps on my clients. For the applications I have focus
on, I do not want to have them on the clients installed.

My question was, is there a way to control the events which happen
after a user has clicked onto the link on my webpage which starts
downloading the application into the assembly casch until the
application is executed locally.

If you could help me with this I appreciate.

Regards,
Dany