Re: Anyone using a third-party update tool for LC-originated desktop apps?

2018-02-03 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Just reporting in, having had a closer look, I see that what Trevor has done is frankly beyond me. There seems too much to learn, starting with GitHub, and the number of days I could dedicate to the task in the near future is quite limited. For that reason I’m tempted to try to grow my own, us

Re: Anyone using a third-party update tool for LC-originated desktop apps?

2018-01-22 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Trevor, this is great stuff! I will now study it very carefully. I > absolutely agree that there should be some kind of standard solution > offered to LC developers. I’ve been saying for a lo

Re: Anyone using a third-party update tool for LC-originated desktop apps?

2018-01-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Trevor, this is great stuff! I will now study it very carefully. I absolutely agree that there should be some kind of standard solution offered to LC developers. I’ve been saying for a long time that deployment is really the big issue for developers who have signed up to, and wish to depend on,

Re: Anyone using a third-party update tool for LC-originated desktop apps?

2018-01-22 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Nowadays it’s customary for quite modest apps after launching to notify > the user of an update being available, with the possibility of carrying out > the update there and then, or refusing.

Anyone using a third-party update tool for LC-originated desktop apps?

2018-01-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Nowadays it’s customary for quite modest apps after launching to notify the user of an update being available, with the possibility of carrying out the update there and then, or refusing. A succession of dialog boxes guides the user through the updating process and shows progress. The update som