Hey Craig, First, just realized I had a typo in my last email.
> I would recommend schedule tasks. Should be "I *wouldn't* recommend scheduled tasks." DTF = Deployment Tools Foundation: This is a set of APIs and examples written in managed code. They might help you out and they are in the build with WiX. Check out the doc directory for more information in the DTF.chm file. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Craig Miller <[email protected] > wrote: > Thanks Brian. I haven't been active in the Wix community. What is the > DTF? > > > Craig > > > *From:* Brian Rogers <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, June 22, 2009 6:16 PM > *To:* Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing > list<[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-devs] Read installer info > > Hey Craig, > > I don't have any good C/C++ examples on hand. I *believe* that the DTF > examples have something similar that you could just translate. > > I would recommend schedule tasks. Leaves very little room for debugging and > a bit more difficult (IMHO) to get setup correctly. > > Thanks, > > Brian Rogers > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Craig Miller < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am investigating what's involved in writing an automatic updater for >> my software. Can anyone point me to a good technical document on how to do >> simple tasks in C/C++ such as iterate through the installed applications? >> >> My software has multiple parts, each of which is installed with a >> different installer. I only want to download updates for those parts of >> the product that have been installed. When the updater runs, I'm thinking >> that it should: >> >> - Determine which applications are installed >> - Hit a website for a small text file with the current version (1 per >> installed application) >> - If the new version is greater than the installed version, download the >> update (msi) and run it. >> >> I haven't decided if this will run in the background as a service, a >> scheduled task, or be a manual operation but that is secondary to getting >> the basic functionality working. >> >> If this post is better suited to the wix-users list, please let me know. >> I asked here because it seemed like it might be something that the core team >> might be interested in having if I get it working in a flexible way. >> >> Thanks for the help >> Craig >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge >> conference! >> Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: >> $250. >> Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! >> >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs >> >> > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge > conference! > Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: > $250. > Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-devs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-devs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs > >
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