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Hi,



I need to implement Auto Updates in my application wherein I will be

installing the application using msi.

First time I will be installing it through CD.( Directly running the

MSI file) Next time any of my clients run the application and if newer

version is available(which has to be specified on server) they must get

a notification that "New version is available. Do you want to

Download/Install?" and depending on the user action if Yes the new

version should be installed on the client machine.



Please let me know if somebody has already worked out the solution. I

have seen the examples provided by Microsoft patterns and practices

(MSIQuickstart(CS) solution) but it didn't help.



Thanks,

Reshu Goyal


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Search for the Updater Application Block (UAB) and enterprise Libraries

in MSDN.

Here is one of the links I already have:



http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/updaterv2.asp



I remember it wasn't compatible last year with .NET 2.0 when it was in

beta. But it was working with .net 1.1. There is a new release of the

Enterprise Libraries which is compatible with .NET 2.0. But I haven't

tried the UAB yet.



I hope that helps.





reshugoyal@gmail.com wrote:

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Hi,



Thanks for the reply.

I have already tried this out with Updater application blocks but that

does not solve my problem. I have already explored the solutions

available on the link you referred to.

We need to create a manifest at server end and app.config at client end

using the tools available with UAB installer. Also as specified in my

earlier mail there is an sample solution available with that.

(MSIQuickstart(CS) solution) These are the inputs I got from that link.

What I need is Something which happens with Yahoo Messenger with some

changes. When user starts the application, the user must be notified

that we have a new version available and that version should be

installed and user must be promted to restart the application once the

newer version is installed.

Please let me know if you can provide me more inputs on this.



Thanks,

Reshu

Ahmed wrote:

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I used the UAB to build different proof of concepts for the project we

will be building next year. I remember I followed the instructions step

by step. I think I wrote a document for myself to remind me w/ the

steps. I will look for it and post it here today if I find it :D.



reshugoyal@gmail.com wrote:

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Actually I forgot to ask you. Are you using .NET 2.0 or 1.1? If you are

using 2.0, did you look at click once deployment? It's strat forward.





reshugoyal@gmail.com wrote:

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I am using .Net 1.1



Ahmed wrote:

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Hi,



I didn't find the document on my work computer. When I get home, I will

install enterprise libararies and AUB. Then I will provide you with

step by step instructions. Hopefully, I will get to you tonight or

tomorrow (Wednesday).



Cheers,

Ahmed

reshugoyal@gmail.com wrote:

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Hi,



Please let me know if you got the document which you mentioned in the

prev. mail.



Thanks & Regards,

Reshu



Ahmed wrote:

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Hi,



Unfortunately, I didn't find it. I installed the enterprise libraries

and the updater block yesterday on my home machine but I didn't have

time to create any application. I was busy watching NBA :P. I also

watched the following webcast about UAB:



http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx=1032255995&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US



I found it really useful. Watch it and I will try to write a document

about UAB tonight.



Cheers,



Ahmed





reshugoyal@gmail.com wrote:

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Hi,



It didn't work :( I am having really hard time installing the updater

block since I dont have the enterprise library installed into the

default location. You can get more help regarding the UAB in the

www.gotdotnet.com





Ahmed wrote:

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