How can i read the contents of an online text file without downloading the file?
I have a program updater that is basically 2 parts.
Part 1 downloads a text file (only contains 3 digits) and compares their contents to the users exe version #. Eg:
Textfile contents 10.8 Users exe App.major & App.Minor = 10.8 No update available. next version i upload exe version 10.9 and change the textfile to 10.9
Then users using 10.8 will see a new version is available. The problem is using the WinHttpRequest object requires Admin just to download the text file.
I want the users to be able to check the text file without having to be admin.
Then if a new version is available they would need to be admin as their exe gets replaced with a new version. I put out a new version about every 6 months
but don't want users to have to be admin just to check if a new version is available. In short: How can i check the online textfile with needing to be admin?