The Apache Flex Installer uses application updated.  Here is the code for
it:

https://github.com/apache/flex-utilities/blob/develop/flex-installer/installer/src/org/apache/flex/packageflexsdk/view/UpdaterDialog.mxml

You should be able to reuse/copy the functionality from here as needed.

Thanks,
Om

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:03 AM, flex capacitor <flexcapaci...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, the information I gave you is using the AIR Application Updater. It
> wraps that functionality up. The AIR updater is a framework that notifies
> your users of new updates, allows installs from the web, provides a nice UI
> and so on.
>
> But at it's simplest form AIR apps can be updated by creating a new version
> and double clicking on it. When you do that it will prompt you that you
> already have the app installed and if you want to overwrite the installed
> version.
>
> Like everyone said just make sure the version number is newer, the id in
> the descriptor is the same, and the certificate is the same.
>
> On Feb 5, 2017 6:24 PM, "bilbosax" <waspenc...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Holy cow! I appreciate all of the information you have provided, but
> > doesn't
> > the Flex Framework have an easier, more straight forward way to update an
> > app??? I figured maybe I would just have to update the version in my
> > descriptor file or something a little more direct. There isn't a simpler
> > way
> > to do this?
> >
> > By the way, I love your username!
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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