updating a program

[michaeldebruin]

Hello all,

I am trying to create an update script for my program, so it can check if there is any update. I've found something on the internet about using the publish wizard of Visual Studio which will create a xml file. And I should be able to get the version of the program from it.
But is there any of you who have experience with this and knows how this works? Or is there a better way to accomplish this?

Thanks in Advance,

Michael

[GaryTexmo]

Yea, the Publish tab on your project's properties is what you're looking for. This uses Microsoft's ClickOnce distribution system for your application. Click the Update button to configure updating properties.

Once you click the publish button, your bin folder (I think) will get some files that you can copy to a distribution location. People will run it from that location and it will automatically check it's version against what you have built.

Take a look :)

If ClickOnce doesn't work for you and you need something more exotic, you'll have to handle updates yourself. There's lots of ways to do this I'd imagine.