update downloading

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I'm a little confused on a small issue (My normal day). I have the update
working great. I am not doing binary patching.. I'm just uploading files
that have changed and I change the version# so the program will download the
new version... all good so far.

When the program is downloading an update there may be several dll's or
exe's or whatever... does the download software compare the dates of these
files to the files on the disk BEFORE it downloads them, or does it just
download the entire group of files and install them all?

Thanks,

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Ray Rippey
VMT Software - http://www.vmtsoft.com

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Ray,

> I'm a little confused on a small issue (My normal day). I have the update
> working great. I am not doing binary patching.. I'm just uploading files
> that have changed and I change the version# so the program will download
> the new version... all good so far.
>
> When the program is downloading an update there may be several dll's or
> exe's or whatever... does the download software compare the dates of these
> files to the files on the disk BEFORE it downloads them, or does it just
> download the entire group of files and install them all?

If you have developed a "true" web installation (you have several "cluster"
files, e.g. .00001, .00002, .00003) then the "smart" installer can retrieve
just the pieces needed for the user's specific requirements (based on your
"Replacement Option" in the File Properties dialog).

So all the checking is done BEFORE it downloads the file.

Does this help?

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
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Ok, I think I have a true web installation... at least for the update
part... I just manually add files to it when I change them.. eventually it
will have all the files (my dll's and exe's). It works great too. I didn't
do it for quite a while because I was overthinking it... much simpler than I
thought.

Currently the way we run updates is.. the updates are free until I change a
major version# like 8.4 to 8.5. So I figured I'd just put all the updates
into a folder... then when I come out with 8.5 I'll make a new folder for
those updates...

Now that I know it will only install some files, I don't have to worry about
having a bunch of files out there.

Thanks,

Ray Rippey
VMT Software