Webinstaller - Check it's the latest version?

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Hi Paul,

I have uploaded a demo project for you.

http://www.lindersoft.com/projects/W...ersionTest.zip

You can use the following method:

1. Use the "#create folder..." preprocessor to create the \Web subfolder
during the compilation process.

2. Use the "#edit ini..." to create a versioncheck.ini file which holds the
version number.

Always upload this versioncheck.ini to your server when you make a new
installer available.

3. Let the installer download this very small versioncheck.ini (30 bytes)
and do a version comparison. If the version on the server does not match
the "stub" version then display an error message and abort the installation.
This is security software friendly.

Of course, you can also let the stub check the version from your setup.exe
file located on your server, but then you have to download the larger
setup.exe (instead of the versioncheck.ini).

Does this help?

Friedrich