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05-17-2006, 01:28 AM
Hi Freidrich
Could you shed a little more light on the following taken from Help:
To check if an update is available, the wupdate.exe client program
downloads the server manifest file and compares the version number specified
in the manifest with the version number of the installed application. If the
server manifest file version is newer, the application knows its time to
perform an update. The server manifest file will be created at the same
location where wupdate.exe resides.
How is the version checked? Is it a string comparison? What do you mean by
"If the server manifest file version is newer"? e.go if I change my version
from "3.8.3 Build 16 Beta" to "3.8.4" or "3.8.3 Build 20 Beta", will this be
seen as "newer" (my version is stored in an ini and passed to the app at
setup time and displayed on the app frame)? i.e. is it merely a change in
the string that triggers the update, or is it some kind of numeric check?
Help on the Version Comparison says: "This function supports version strings
of the form aaaa.bbbb.cccc.dddd". Could you clarify this statement please.
Are alpha characters allowed in the 'string'?
Many thanks for a great product!
Mike Loney
Perth Australia
Could you shed a little more light on the following taken from Help:
To check if an update is available, the wupdate.exe client program
downloads the server manifest file and compares the version number specified
in the manifest with the version number of the installed application. If the
server manifest file version is newer, the application knows its time to
perform an update. The server manifest file will be created at the same
location where wupdate.exe resides.
How is the version checked? Is it a string comparison? What do you mean by
"If the server manifest file version is newer"? e.go if I change my version
from "3.8.3 Build 16 Beta" to "3.8.4" or "3.8.3 Build 20 Beta", will this be
seen as "newer" (my version is stored in an ini and passed to the app at
setup time and displayed on the app frame)? i.e. is it merely a change in
the string that triggers the update, or is it some kind of numeric check?
Help on the Version Comparison says: "This function supports version strings
of the form aaaa.bbbb.cccc.dddd". Could you clarify this statement please.
Are alpha characters allowed in the 'string'?
Many thanks for a great product!
Mike Loney
Perth Australia