1. RE: Check internet for update?
Hi Greg,
That was about what I was thinking. Only I didn't know about
URLDownloadToFile, so thanks for that.
It took about 10 minutes and I have a working program
Thanks
Tony
Greg Haberek wrote:
>
>
> > Is it possible (of course it is, I mean is it practical in EU) to write
> > a routine for my program to test for an internet connecton and then test
> > to see if the current program is up to date. I have a site with both
> > http and ftp if that helps, and I would like to do it witout user
> > prompts.
> >
> > This is a win32lib based program.
>
> I've been thinking about the same issue. Here's my proposed solution:
>
> 1) Setup a directory on your server for each app you've made.
> myw2ebsite.com/app01/
> mywebsite.com/app02/
>
> 2) Add a file called "version.txt" into each directory that specifies
> the current version of each app.
> mywebsite.com/app01/version.txt
> mywebsite.com/app02/version.txt
>
> 3) App01 will download app01/version.txt periodically via
> URLDownloadToFile (see Archive), either on its own or via user
> request.
>
> 4) If App01 determines its curernt version is older than what
> version.txt says, it asks the user if he/she would like to download
> the update.
>
> 5) App01 will download app01/app01_install.exe and execute it. I'll
> assume for now that app01_install.exe is an install file made with
> Euman's installer.
>
> The entire process seems pretty easy. Once I start knocking out real
> programs on a regular basis, maybe I'll write a library standardize
> this update process.
>
> ~Greg
>
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