| Jesper F 2006-01-26, 5:01 pm |
| I have a split, secured db in a multiuser setting with ca. 20 users and I
use the AutoFEupdater for distribution to the workstations.
I've been working on making an automatic update utility for the app and
would
like some input from others, who've attempted something like this. I'd like
to have the app automatically check for updates in a folder on my website
and download
and install them if there are any. Installation would be downloading to the
FE-folder on the network drive.
With the app I have 30 word templates that also need to be downloaded if the
ones in the webfolder are newer.
This should eliminate the need to email updates to the onsite administrator.
What I've come up with is a set of function that used cmd.exe to FTP to the
web folder.
1. When the app start the content of the webfolder is checked.
2. The web folderøs file creation dates are compared with the files in the
FE folder on the local network drive.
3. Files that are newer in the web folder are downloaded and overwrite the
existing ones.
4. There's no check for new updates until the next time the database is
opened.
It works reasonably well, but I've had a bit of trouble with halting of
cmd.exe and the ftp connection dropping out.
Has any of you created similar auto-download-and-update routines? Do you use
FTP og HTTP?
Does your routine differ from what I've described?
Just looking for ideas.
Jesper Fjølner
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