Hi Rick, In addition to Jared's info, I just wanted to clarify one point: your app will have two web locations: one for it to be downloaded from (the one everyone would use), and the other which is used to store it's latest update in xml form. As Jared mentioned this question is actually for a third, the author's own personal web site. But back to the xml update for your app: both your app's web site, and it's xml update site can either be based on it's name that it's stored under in app central, or once it's been created on app central, it will then have an ID number, and you can get to these two sites using the ID instead of the name. WEScriptFramework has no way of knowing the ID number, so it has to use the one based on it's name, and it has to assume you'll create it in app central using exactly the name you specified to WEScriptFramework. We've had a discussion recently though, and there is some reason to use the ID number for specifying the web site for the XML update; you could change this over at any time after your app has been created. the reason is that you can then rename your app, and the older versions under the older name, using the ID number, could still get to the xml update site even though it may be stored under a new name later. Many of the existing apps should probably be renamed, in order to allow for an expected large expansion in the number of apps. they should better specify what it is that they do, or at least give themselves a more unique name, rather than just taking the name of their specific program, or taking some generic name. This being said though, it's not trivial to rename an app so that everything happens automatically for the end user (so it appears to them as just another upgrade that ends up with them running the newer version under the newer name). I'm working on a library routine which should help with this, which I plan to make public after it's had some testing. Someone already has an app named just notepad (which seems to do very little), so when you choose a name for this app you'll be forced to choose something else (hopefully more descriptive). so you can see already the need for the renaming concerns. sorry for going on so long about this ... Jared's already given you the answer you probably needed. Chip _____
From: RicksPlace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 5:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: WEScriptFramework Website Data Field Question Hi: While filling out the fields for the WEScriptFramework one of the fields asked for a Website ( I think it was in the help group). Chip had mentioned that we could find the value to put in there after we Added a App to App Central. Where would I find it and would I enter the complete url http//... He also mentioned it was usually the same as the App Name if that helps narrow it down. Thanks: Rick USA
