On 02/21/2011 05:11 PM, Dr. Yves Forkl wrote: > As of V. 4.8, XXE is now automatically checking for updates. While I agree > that in principle this is a useful feature, XXE and our company's firewall > don't play nicely with each other, leaving XXE with "connection timed out" > each time it tries to perform the check. > > This is why in my case (several installations of XXE) I prefer to disable the > automatic check for updates and make sure myself that we are staying up to > date. I know I can disable the check interactively via "Help | Check for > Updates" and unchecking (sorry for the pun) of "Automatically check for > updates". > > But the documentation for XXE V. 4.8 still lacks info on how to do this using > preference properties, either on the command-line or in a > preferences.properties file, as explained at > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/command_line_usage.html > > (Obviously, with that function residing in the Help menu, its preference > property is not described at the page "Preferences dialog box" where > seemingly all of the other preference properties are described: > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.guiutil.PreferencesEditorDialog.html > ) >
This preference key is documented in the "Help menu" section. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/helpMenu.html > By trial and error I discovered that probably I just need to set the property > > autoCheckForUpdates=false > > while the value of autoCheckForUpdates.date (if present) is ignored then. > > Can you confirm that this is correct? > Yes. -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
