Found that thread Phil - thanks. And thanks Stacey. I think I've got an idea of what I'll do now.
-----Original Message----- From: Phil Middlemiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:36 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: What's an elegant way to migrate s/w updates? There was a whole thread around this topic from about the 2nd and 3rd of last month. Search for the subject "Location of EXE". regards, Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: [DUG]: What's an elegant way to migrate s/w updates? > We have about 70 users, running from a menu (exe), various apps (dlls). If > during the day, we have an urgent fix to an app, it's almost impossible to > get everyone out in order to update it. Is there a way to implement some > procedure where I can migrate a change to app xyz, with the name xyz_ver2? > When a user leaves app xyz and goes back in, they automatically end up > running app xyz_ver2. In this way the users painlessly move on to the new > version. > > Are there products out there for this? Could I code a simple do-it-yourself > version? > > My initial thoughts - in the menu program, when a selection is made, e.g. > Client Maintenance, I read a text file called ClientMaintenanceVer.txt. In > the text file is the current dll version to run e.g. ClientMaintenanceV1_1. > If I want users to move on to V1_2, then I prepare the dll, then change the > text file to point to the new dll. Sound o.k.? Any improvement on that? > > Any ideas would be great. > > Thanks. > > Dave Jollie > Software Developer BOA IT > 09 368 4259 ext 6231 > > The information contained in this mail message is confidential and may also > be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please note > that any use, dissemination, further distribution, or reproduction of this > message in any form what so ever, is strictly prohibited. If the mail is in > error, please notify me by return E-mail, delete your copy of the message, > and accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
