on 31/1/2002 9:21 pm, Dan Friedman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In my application, I want to include a "Check for Updates Online..." option > (much like that in Revolution). If I release a new version of my > application, my users can get it easily. > > Here's the problem. If I post a file with a resource fork, like an > application created by the "Distribution Builder", the resource fork is not > going to be present anymore and the download will not function. So... > > Do I do some kind of compression first? If so, what would I use so that > Revolution will be able to uncompress it?
If it's to be downloaded, then compression is a good idea anyway. Safest/easiest way is to do a custom version check within your Rev app that opens a direct http connection to your server where it can find if a new version is available (e.g. Download a text file that contains a string of the latest version number), then hand off downloading to their web browser (openURL/GetURL or whatever). For a Mac you should stuff and binhex/macbinary the file. All current web browsers will decode binhex and macbinary, so you could even make it a self extractor. Marcus -- Marcus Bointon Synchromedia Limited: Putting you in the picture [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
