Re: Updating my application via Internet

FROM : M. Uli Kusterer
DATE : Thu Nov 25 21:52:06 2004

At 22:20 Uhr +0100 24.11.2004, Michael Becker wrote:
>Are there any common ways to handle this? I guess you can't make a
>running application exchange itself by a downloaded one? What is the
>recommended way to take care of this updating thing (should be
>something that comes up in many projects, i guess...)


  I've written an application called "Shovel" that works as a
"Software Update" clone for non-Apple apps that support MacPAD
(http://macpad.sf.net). It's still in development, but it may be an
option for you if you can wait a little longer. It updates an
application, and has the advantage that the user can update all the
apps they have in one go instead of having to launch each app to make
it check for new versions.

  Note that the MacPAD SDK at above URL also contains code to
implement the software-update-check you're doing based on MacPAD.
Which means you only need to keep one file current to make both
software update schemes work.
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Cheers,
M. Uli Kusterer
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