Has anyone looked into writing an external for Sparkle for OS X? I have used it with other languages and its pretty slick, albeit OS X only.
Neal On Feb 4, 2008 11:02 PM, Trevor DeVore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
