Is it possible?

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I would like to have a popup on the Taskbar to tell users when a new version
of my app is available for download. Is this possible with SB8?
Thanks
Nev

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Dunno about SB8 since its an installer. However, you can make a simple
app that runs as a service in your tray. CHT can easily do this. All
it does is check like once an hour (EVENT:Timer) by calling wcheck.exe
(an SB8 program).

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Russ Eggen
RADFusion International, LLC

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Thanks Russ
I assume that wcheck.exe polls my product website and compares the version
number to that installed or compares the byte size of the two apps. I think
that CHT requires a full subscription which I am loathe to do. Maybe it is a
NetTalk option to create. Maybe someone has already created the app and
might like to share.

Neville Wright

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Nev,

> wcheck.exe

Simply call it from within your own APP whenever it starts. Or write a
simple ABC APP that sits in the tray and does it on whatever interval
you want. Running in the tray is a built-in template option since 6.3,
it's the FrameExtension template.

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Ah so! It needs to be downloaded from SB as it is not on my pc. Running in
the tray is not a problem. I want to know what wcheck actually does.

Neville Wright

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Nev,

> Ah so! It needs to be downloaded from SB as it is not on my pc. Running in
> the tray is not a problem. I want to know what wcheck actually does.

Look at wucheck and wupdate in the SB help.

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Thanks Lee
I was looking for wcheck not wucheck.
Nev

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Nev,

> I was looking for wcheck not wucheck.

Yeah. Apparently Russ doesn't like "U" !!!<g>

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How about ewe?<g>

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com
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I'll search help files & Google for you.

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Jeff,

> How about ewe?<g>

It's ALWAYS about you!<g>

Lee White

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That's for Kiwis. ( Aussie Joke)

Neville Wright

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Launch SB8 and press F1. Search for wcheck (and wupdate).

What I do is use a Source procedure (called on start up) and this is all
the code in it (all SV shipping source, zero 3rd party used):

RUN('wucheck.exe /S /C', 1)
IF RUNCODE() = 1
MESSAGE('Update available!||NOTE: THIS APP WILL BE CLOSED.||Click
OK to download and install...', 'Auto Updater', ICON:Exclamation)
RUN('wupdate.exe')
CleanCloseDown() !SV ships this
ELSE
END

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Russ Eggen
RADFusion International, LLC

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Thanks Russ

Neville Wright

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Yes, Capesoft Self Service

Dan Scott

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You are short changing yourself by not subscribing to CHT, however
Capesoft's SelfService may be more of your cup of tea.

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Russ Eggen
RADFusion International, LLC

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ewe talkin to me?!?<g>

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com
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I'll search help files & Google for you.

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Ba-aa-aa-aa! Humbug!

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Russ,

I assume, "RUN('wupdate.exe')" will run an update then, as like the admin would
have inserted a CD into the tray?

What happens on a network, if several users are logged into the app?

Isn't an automated update like a key to open the doors of hell?

Regards,
Wolfgang Orth
www.odata.de

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Each workstation gets the update applied.

In my web update script, I have this check (slightly altered to hide the
name of the app due to NDA reasons):


! Detect previous installation folder
Set Variable %_SB_INSTALLDIR% to FUNCTION:Detect Previous
Version("[PRODUCTGUID]")
If %_SB_ERRORCODE% Equals "0" Then
Display Message Box "The Web Update application failed to detect a
prev..." -- "Previous Version Detection Failed"
Exit Installation()
End
Loop
Set Variable %ITSACTIVE% to FUNCTION:Detect Active
Application("ThisApp.exe") [File Name]
If %ITSACTIVE% Equals "1" Then
Display Message Box "This App is still running. Please sav..."
-- "This App is still running"
Else
Break Loop
End
End
Set Variable %ITSACTIVE% to ""

The above code is just after the remove installer section.

Bottom line, the sequence of action is as follows:

1) User launches your app.
2) First thing your app does is check for an update.
2A) If no updates are found, continues normally. Done.
3) Update found, display a message and prompts user to proceed.
4) Update is downloaded and launched.
5) Update checks to see if the app is still running (see above). If so,
inform the user what to do and stay in the loop. If not still running,
break out of the loop and update normally.
6) Optional, but nice touch: At the end of the update provide a check to
launch the application. Default is to launch.

All users in the same business are forced to use the same version in
this scenario.

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Russ Eggen
RADFusion International, LLC