On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: Thanks for sharing Eric. Please see my questions below.
The app/exe itself is, of course, a launcher.
Same. Very beneficial regardless of whether or not you use auto updating. Being able to keep the executable in the same directory as my stack files so I can launch the app during development for testing within a standalone is a huge benefit. One of the big time savers when developing with Revolution.
This launcher retrieves information from an external splash stack and, among others, allows to set the label of the exe with the right version number.
When you say label are you referring to the info that shows up in the File Info dialog in Finder or Windows Explorer? Or something else?
A very simple text file on our server allows to compare automatically the user current version with the last one and alert him if needed.
Same.
When an update is available, needed files are downloaded and the external splash screen is always replaced. In case of 'big' update, a process allows with an invisible installer to update all files, exe included and restart the software.
Similar.
In addition, a check at every launch, verifies if all needed files are there and downloads missing ones from the internet if needed.
I haven't done this as I haven't needed it for my own use. If you get a moment I would be interested in hearing how you use this feature in deployment and how often it gets used.
So, in a few words, we have to ways of updating: a light one when replacing a stack file or another one that replaces the whole app.
Same. I think the only difference is that with my current approach, light update replaces all files except the executable. A full update replaces the executable as well.
PS. For security, all files on disk are ciphered and restored in RAM on-the-fly.
Would you mind explaining this a little more when you have a moment? Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com - www.screensteps.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
