Re: Updating a Program

If you want to use AIR's framework take a look at docs: Updating AIR applications Using the update framework There is

Re: Updating a Program

digicert.com offers Code Signing & EV Code Signing Certificates that lasts 3 years. After it expires you have one year to do an update with migrated certificate

Re: Updating a Program

Did you forget to write b) ? :) b) app can last forever, just migrate certificate. Look Signing an updated version of an AIR application -- View this message in context:

Re: Updating a Program

IMO, Clint's suggestion is the recommended practice. However, IIRC, some folks have installed a shell app that loads the guts of the app as a module. Then you can update the app by changing the module and there isn't an install/upgrade, or at least, not the one you normally do with AIR apps. I

Re: Updating a Program

Thanks Clintm, I figured it would be something more direct like this. Do you know how long a certificate lasts? I'm hoping this app will have a long lifetime(10 years) and don't know if a certificate can be used for that long? -- View this message in context:

Re: Updating a Program

As long as the app id's are the same it will update the application in place. If I remember right… if you change the certificate you'll have to either a) change the app id or ask users to uninstall the current app first because the install will fail. On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 7:36 PM, bilbosax

Re: Updating a Program

It takes a few hours of setup work and then half an hour to an hour each time you create a new build. I've created a class that helps with the process here . Once you set it up you don't have to change the code. The setup instructions are in the class ASDocs. They may be