AW: Update strategy?

2017-05-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
I have codesigned my installers for Mac and Win, so that there are no additional security alerts and user request. If the installer is launched as an Admin (what I can require for with my innosetup installer for Win, on Mac I can't require, but most Mac users have admin rights), it replaces

AW: Update strategy?

2017-05-11 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Even if you try to keep the code in the "update launcher" as small as possible, there can still keep the whish to update the "update launcher" itself, as you say. E.g. I once had to revise the options on how to check for a new update in the "update launcher". Starting a download, launching the

AW: Update strategy?

2017-05-10 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
I have an installer for the updates on both platforms Win and Mac, what makes it pretty easy. My Splash stack checks for updates (if there is internet, e.g. if you can access URL google.com, if there is a newer version for this platform, etc.). If there is an update, it starts the download of