Overriding itself??

Hi All,

Hope you are all having a good day.

I have an application on a PDA which collects data and basically sends to back to a secure FTP server. My problem is I want to send a new program file, i.e get it to override itself. On the desktop you can do a command prompt command to schedule it just after you close the app. Is there anyway in vb.net cf to do something similar.

I know I can right a small app to do it but it means getting all the file transfer routine in another project.

Cheers for any help,

Jiggy!

Hi,
this is quite an old article, but is still valid.
There is a sample here but I have no experience of it.
Finally there are several samples here

Pete

We use this method...

Little program called APCUPD.exe - looks like this

Code:

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Imports System.IO

Module APCUpd

    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim s1 As String = args(0).Replace("~", " ")
        Dim s2 As String = args(1)

        s2 = "Old" & s2

        Dim s3 As String = Path.Combine(s1, "APC" & s2 & ".exe")

        Try
            File.Delete(s3)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Exit Try
        End Try

        Try
            File.Move(Path.Combine(s1, "APC.exe"), s3)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Exit Sub
        End Try

        Try
            File.Move(Path.Combine(s1, "APCNew.exe"), Path.Combine(s1, "APC.exe"))
        Catch ex As Exception
            Exit Sub
        End Try

    End Sub

End Module

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When then main PPC app detects a new version (stored in a database for us - not via FTP) - it's copied to the PPC with this code. First we copy a fresh version of APCUPD.exe to the PPC and then a new version of the main app - APC.exe (called APCnew.exe when it's created)

Code:

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        If UpdStat Then
            Try
                LDrc.Connection = LDcn
                LDrc.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure
                LDrc.CommandText = "GetStuExes_P"
                LDrc.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@ExeName", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar, 255, Data.ParameterDirection.Input, False, 0, 0, "", Data.DataRowVersion.Default, "APCUpd"))

                Dim ExeData As Byte() = DirectCast(LDrc.ExecuteScalar, Byte())

                LDrc.Parameters.Clear()

                Dim fs As New FileStream(Path.Combine(strBaseFolder, "APCUpd.exe"), FileMode.Create)
                Using bw As BinaryWriter = New BinaryWriter(fs)
                    bw.Write(ExeData)
                    bw.Close()
                End Using
            Catch ex As Exception
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error")
                UpdStat = False
            End Try
        End If

        If UpdStat Then
            Try
                LDrc.Connection = LDcn
                LDrc.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure
                LDrc.CommandText = "GetStuExes_P"
                LDrc.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@ExeName", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar, 255, Data.ParameterDirection.Input, False, 0, 0, "", Data.DataRowVersion.Default, "APC"))

                Dim ExeData As Byte() = DirectCast(LDrc.ExecuteScalar, Byte())

                LDrc.Parameters.Clear()

                LDcn.Close()

                Dim fs As New FileStream(Path.Combine(strBaseFolder, "APCNew.exe"), FileMode.Create)
                Using bw As BinaryWriter = New BinaryWriter(fs)
                    bw.Write(ExeData)
                    bw.Close()
                End Using
            Catch ex As Exception
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error")
                UpdStat = False
            End Try
        End If

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and then the APCUPD.exe is started to do the renaming...

Code:

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        If UpdStat Then
            Try
                booAPCUpd = True
                Process.Start(Path.Combine(strBaseFolder, "APCUpd.exe"), strBaseFolder.Replace(" ", "~") & " " & appVersion.Replace(".", ""))
                Me.Close()
            Catch ex As Exception
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error")
                UpdStat = False
            End Try
        End If

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