Microsoft ClickOnce. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: 17 June 2008 13:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto Update Question
I've built my own auto update mechanism to recognize when new versions are available based on a web service, but I'm curious to know what solutions others have come up with. Basically, my app just phones home to a predefined location on startup, and if there's a new version, downloads and runs the MSI. This works, but it seems like a bit of a hack. Is there a better way to get seamless automatic updates to an application? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto Update Question Currently, "auto-update" mechanism is something you'd build on top of what is provided in the WiX toolset. First, get your installation package installing and uninstalling well. Then get it upgrading well. After that, you'd need to build a system to recognize when a new package is available then just apply the new package to upgrade the old one. That last part isn't really provide by the WiX toolset today. There are bits and pieces of it in ClickThrough but you'll need to glue (and probably update) a fair bit. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 06:25 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Auto Update Question Hi everyone - I am using Wix to create my Msi and exe for my deployment project. Within my deployment project, I check to make sure .Net 2.0, SQL Express, and a few other things are installed before the actual install of the program. My Wix also installs a complete database to go with the program. My client requested that this program have auto updates via a web service. My question is can you do auto updates when using a Wix as the means of installation? And if you can could someone please give me some insight on how this could be done. Also, what would be a good way to update the database too? I have never worked on a deployment project before and could really use some help. Thank you to anyone who can be of some assistance. Ben Stori, MCTS Consultant .Net / SharePoint Sogeti, USA Two Meridian Crossings Suite 670 | Minneapolis, MN 55423 612-296-0612 (c) / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users +++ Virus-scanned by MailControl for Oxford Instruments +++ ___________________________________________________________________________ThThis e-mail is confidential and is for the addressee only. Please refer to www.oxinst.com/email-statement for regulatory information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
