wupdate suggestions

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I've been looking at the wupdate.sb5 script and I have some
questions/suggestions.

1. It looks like only partial support is there for "Store Properties
in INI file". e.g.

lines 235-239 have a check for IDEPLOY.CLI existing when updating the
last check date.
BUT line 116 (inside CheckFOrUpdateOnly Support) and lines 158,161
(inside SILENT SUPPORT) always update the registry and never the INI
file.

I'm guessing that the same check in lines 235-239 should be applied in
both cases.
IF IDEPLOY.CLI file doesn't exist
!update register
ELSE
!update INI file
end

2. Inside the SILENT SUPPORT section, lines 158, 161 the LOCAL LAST
setting is updated twice. I'm thinking that line 158 is redundant and
should be removed, so that the LOCAL LAST date is updated only when
the download update is actually done.

3. I can see how a silent check for updates is done. Some of my users
would want to turn on the option to silently install all updates (but
some don't). Can I have the WUPDATE script tell the installer to run
with silent mode? i.e. run the install program with /S for silent?

Regards,
Alan
Alan Telford
Development Manager
Maxtel Software Ltd
http://www.maxtelsoftware.com

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Hi Alan,

Wow, very good!! I agree, there is only partial support for the new "Store
Properties in INI file". Items 1) and 2) in review now.

I will check 3)

Thank you for your help!

Friedrich

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Alan,

1) and 2) fixed now, thank you! The fix will be part of the new build.

Friedrich

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Alan,

> 3. I can see how a silent check for updates is done. Some of my users
> would want to turn on the option to silently install all updates (but
> some don't). Can I have the WUPDATE script tell the installer to run
> with silent mode? i.e. run the install program with /S for silent?

Good point. At the moment the wupdate.exe client does not call the web
update installer in silent mode if the /S command line option is used.

Two possible wupdate.sb5 modifications come to mind:

1) If wupdate.exe /S is used, let wupdate.exe call the installer in
silent mode (means, we'll add a /S option to the Run Program line
in wupdate.sb5).

-OR-

2) We can add another command line switch to also run the installer in
silent mode. For example:

wupdate.exe /S performs a silent check for updates, but install in
non-silent mode (like it is now).

wupdate.exe /S /Q performs a silent check for updates and runs the
install in quiet (silent) mode.

wupdate.exe /Q would perform a non-silent check for updates and a
silent install.

I think I would prefer 2). What do you think?

Friedrich

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CEO, Lindersoft
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Hi Friedrich,

I would also prefer option 2 as it is more flexible

JP

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Thank you

Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

Best Regards

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

Great, thank you!!!

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>I think I would prefer 2). What do you think?

Definitely (2).
It's more flexible.

Thanks for the fast response!

Kind regards,
Alan Telford
Development Manager
Maxtel Software Ltd
http://www.maxtelsoftware.com

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Added! Thank you.

Friedrich

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CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5