AKLib.SimpleUpdater

[Arve K.]

AKLib.SimpleUpdater
A simple way to let your application install updates

Written in Visual Studio 2010

Edit: Changed the attachments to Zip


Instructions:

1. Download, extract and build the two attachments
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2. Add a reference to AKLib from your designer
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3. Copy SimpleUpdater.exe to your applications directory
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4. Create a file called 'current.txt'
   
   
   • Layout of the file should be like this:
     Legend: The file that you want to update,current version,the folder where you want to download the update
     
     

     myApplication.exe,1.0.0.0,C:\MyApplication
     myDll.dll,1.0.0.0,C:\MyApplication
     etc...

   
   
   • Copy 'current.txt' to your applications directory
   
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5. Create a file called 'recent.txt'
   
   • Layout of the file should be like this:
     Legend: File on update server,newest version,the url to the file
     
     

     myApplication.exe,2.0.0.0,http://www.myserver.com/updates/myApplication.upd
     myDll.dll,1.1.0.0,http://www.myserver.com/updates/myDll.upd
     etc...

   
   
   • Upload 'recent.txt' to your site
   
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6. Usage:
   
   • From a Button.Click event:
     

     Private Sub btnUpdate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnUpdate.Click
         Me.btnUpdate.Enabled = False
      
         Dim currentVersions As String = "C:\MyApplication\current.txt"
         Dim recentVersions As String = "http://www.mySite.com/recent.txt"
         Dim pathSimpleUpdater As String = "C:\MyApplication\SimpleUpdater.exe"
      
         AKLib.SimpleUpdater.FromDefinedList(currentVersions, recentVersions, pathSimpleUpdater)
      
     End Sub

   
   
   • Ta-da
   
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7. Credits to:
   
   • Zeljko and chris128 for showing me how easy it was to compare two versions against each other
   
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8. Disclaimer: There is basicly no error handling in this code, and I have only tested it on one computer, so is to be used at your own risk