Auto-Updating VB 2008 Application
Jun 12, 2010i was playing around with the visual basic 2008's project settings. I have 2 goals in mind
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Creating An Auto-Updating Application?
Jan 4, 2006I have read through the following page: [URL]
Now I have my application and an installer project, which can install my application. how to make my application auto-update (from my web server) like a smart client. I've looked into ClickOnce, but it does not appear to be suitable as I cannot do any custom installation steps. My application needs to create folders and copy other files from the CD to the hard drive, which I don't believe ClickOnce supports. On the other hand, the Windows Installer does not natively support any sort of auto-updating. So what do I do?
I have read that it is possible to combine both technologies, but all my research into this has turned up nothing of use.
I've looked into the Updater Application Block (Version 2.0), but I'm not sure if this is what I'm looking for? I'm using Visual Basic 2005 and I'm not sure if the Updater Application Block supports .NET v2.0. In fact, when I tried to install the Enterprise Library, it said I need .NET v1.1??? Even if this is a possible path, I'm really quite lost when reading through the documentation as nothing seems to point towards practical examples, especially in Visual Basic.
I've also had a look at the System.Deployment.ApplicationDeployment class, but it seems as though this only works with ClickOnce applications. However, since I can't seems to use ClickOnce in my situation, this does not seem like a viable option. Is it possible to use System.Deployment.ApplicationDeployment outside of a ClickOnce application?
I'm really quite lost as to how other people produce custom installing applications that have auto-updating features. Virtually every modern piece of software does it, but I cannot seem to find anything on the web that points me in the right direction of how to achieve this with Visual Basic 2005.
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Everything works fine.
However, I am looking for a more robust technique. And I have discovered it is better to hash the files on the web server with a hash algorithm and then when they have downloaded use the same hash algorithm to compare the hash values. If they are different either the files were corrupted when downloaded or some modified them without permission.
However, my problem is where do I store the hash values? I was thinking of hashing the files, and storing all the hash values for each file in a text file, and my updater will download that text file.
I am not sure if that is the best technique to use of not? Is this the normal and best way to do this?
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If I program an auto-login feature, am I able to store the login details and use it next time user logs in. Would them settings remain after application is closed and opened again?
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The windows service itself is basically an empty shell that fires off the data pulling, which resides in a dll that installs with the service. My original idea was to have the windows service do a version check and if needed download the new dll and overwrite the old one. The problem is the copy can't happen if the service is running (or paused). Herein lies the problem. If I have the service stop itself then of course it's stopped so no more code execution. The other problem would be how to restart it.
I'm trying to create something that is hands/worry free for my clients that way when I change/update the data pulling win service application they don't have to mess with it. I'm up to 300 clients now and I really need a solution that doesn't involve any user interaction.
EDIT: After more digging it's looking like this is a near impossible task. Another option would be to have a second service, one that just looks for updates and that second service can stop the first, update it, then restart it.
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Feb 26, 2012I wonder if it's possible to prevent Visual Studio (2010) from automatically updating code when I change control names? [code]...
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This is running off a couple of buttons i also have a update query but have know way of accessing it
Me.Validate()
Me.TblPatientDetailsBindingSource.EndEdit()
Me.TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(Me.PatientInfoDataSet)
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How can i do it??Please point me to the right direction...its urgent.
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So, is it possible to add a webpage to a desktop application which could be dynamically updated from from my windows app or do I have to rewrite the entire application in asp, flex or silverlight so it can be viewed remotely via a web browser?I'm not familiar with asp flex or silverlight and have only developed desktop apps using vb.net 2010 on win7 and XP.
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IS there anyway of not updating the framework but still allowing the application to run?
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What algorithm in VB.NET would best suit this calculation?
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The entity is located in session when the user has been logged. So I made it:
Dim u as User = (From x in ctx.Users).First()
Session("user") = u
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I got the follow error:
An object with a key that matches the key of the supplied object could not be found in the ObjectState Manager.Verify that the key values of the supplied object match the key values of the object to which changes must be applied.
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Heres my code:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim read As String = ProductVersion
Button1.Enabled = False
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It works, quite well. But the problem is, the size of the binary itself is quite big (around 36MB). I am thinking of patches. That is, can we upload only the patch file, it surely make the download small isn't?
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System.Windows.Interop.
System.Windows.Interop is not a member of Windows and System.Windows.Threading is not doesn't contain any public member) and i wonder how should it get fix and merge into my application code
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
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1. This checks whether the current version is older than the version on specific site, if so:
1a. Removed all *. old
1b. Rename test.exe to test.old
1c. dowload new test.exe
I'm afraid I get an error when I rename "test.exe" to "test.old" because "test.exe" is now active.How can I prevent this or what else should I do?
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