Now I like to ask you about (auto) updating application. I know how to check for newer version but I don't know how to download it (and replace the older one). I'm working with .exe files. [code] This is the code which I'm using to check for new version.
View 4 RepliesHow come software created in an older framework version won't run on a newer framework version? Actually whenever i try to run some old specific software having .net 3.5 framework on my PC they show they needs .net framwork 1.1 . What a bad thing?My newer version of Photoshop ans Ms office open all lower version files.
View 6 RepliesI need my application to update as it is on multiple computers. Will the program update and work if I just replaced the files in the application startup folder with the files from the newer version's application startup folder?
View 6 RepliesI`m making a program.I`d like to know how to make a code which will navigate to my website and find if there's a newer version of my launcher..I`ll search some codes now, If I find some interesting codes i`ll post here so u can upgrade or tell me how to correctly use them for my auto-update.I cannot publish my Launcher unless I`ve an Auto-Update in my Launcher.
View 1 RepliesI have created a license system for my application with MySql about half a year ago. What it would do is take the serial number and send it to my server if the key was correct it would return a 0 if its wrong the return value would be a 1.The problem was that when the serial number was entered correctly my program would create a "fake file" for example vb.dll in the system.And on run time my program would check for that vb.dll if the file exist it would skip my trial program and run the app as a full version. Half year later i think creating a "fake file" and checking for it on start up is extremely wrong and that's not very good security.How can i check the difference between a full version and unregistered version?
View 23 RepliesI need a reliable way to check if a file is "newer" than one of the same name on a different drive. If it's newer, it will get copied. I have tried something like this:
sElement and sDest are full pathnames to the relevant files If Date.Compare(File.GetLastWriteTime(sElement), File.GetLastWriteTime(sDest)) > 0 Then
' copy file Else Don't copy file Endif This nearly works, but I have a strange glitch with some jpegs. If I drag one from my c: drive to my y: drive (a NAS box) the "date modified" as displayed in Windows XP changes by 1 second. The date and the hours and minutes stay exactly the same (they are files from 2009), so it's not that the file is picking up the current date/time. Very strange ...
If there an easy way to compare date/times and get the difference in seconds? I can then assume a difference of 1 (or even a few) second(s) means the files are the same.
I'm wanting to code my button to check the OS to see if it is 32 or 64 bit to run the correct application. How can I do this?
View 2 RepliesCan I have my program check if Flash Player 10 or higher is installed, and if not, install it?
View 1 RepliesI have a radio program.
I can play radio station in it. This is my question: How can I check for latest version on a FTP server?
My question is im rebuilding an app i made years ago but i want to add the auto update i have the file downloader down to a T but i dont wanna use the Click once auto-update So i want to read a text file from a online server and then check if the version info inside matches the my.setting.build string inside my application if it doesnt it opens theupdate.exe the that dose what i have it programmed to to
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to check if the necessary version of .NET framework has installed and if it has not installed to display a custom message explaining the user what is the problem and how to download the required version of .NET framework in order to make the application work?
View 9 Repliesto find version of an exe, i use this code
Dim FileProperties As FileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Application.ExecutablePath)
Textbox1.Text = FileProperties.FileVersion
How come we find a version of an exe that's uploaded in FTP? i need the version of an exe that's already there in FTP. i know the path where the exe file is saved in FTP.
i am working on an application and i want to connect it with mssql database , i dont know about the version of installed mssql server at the pc , how can i get the version of installed mssql server so that i can connect my application with that .(is it possible to check the version of installed mssql server with out connecting it with my application.)
View 2 RepliesI need to check to see what version of windows is running. How do I do this from VB .NET 2005? and how comprehensive can I get... can I also check for Vista and Windows 7?
View 9 RepliesHow they relate and differ from each? What are the best practices for version control? Is there a primer about publish online? Or a good book?
And is it possible to make ClickOnce and a msi in one solution of VS 2008? If so, is there any conflict or pitfall?
BTW I am using VB if that makes any difference.
I have a Word macro that I want to run under Word 2003 and Word 2007. I would like to know if there is a way to check which version of Word is being used so that I can call different subroutines in the macro. Does anyone know how?
View 16 RepliesHow do I check the correct OS version (xp, windows 7 etc)? I have seen an example like:-
Imports System.Environment.OSVersion
But this does not exist. All I have under environment is specialfolder.
Is there a way to have a form event check the version of say Adobe Flash/Shockwave/Reader on the PC and then check what's available on the web?
View 3 RepliesI'm looking for Version Control software that works with VS 2008 & allows multiple check-outs of a file, merging the changes as each version is checked back in. Obviously this would require manual resolution when two programmers changed the same procedure,but that rarely happens here-what usually happens is we have two (or more) programmers working on different parts of the program that happen to occur in the same file so only one of them can actually do their work at a time. Highly inefficient.
We're currently using Visual Source Safe, by the way. I 'inherited' this so I'm not *absolutely* certain it can't be configured for this, but if so none of the older programmers (in terms of time in this office) know about it. I think they used a home-grown program. Besides, I haven't been able to remember who I heard about it from so remembering that really isn't a help-at least not yet.
One of the applications I've written uses DirectX in order to record the user speaking (basically for making verbal notes about something). It fails to work correctly when the installed version of DirectX isn't recent enough. I'm just using a setup project of the type inbuilt into VS 2005, is there a way to check at install time that DirectX is recent enough?
View 3 RepliesI'm creating a WindowsForm application and I need a code to check target's machine installed version of DirectX.If the reg key doesn't match with provided one >>> load the form and launch the DX installer "redistdirectx_Jun2010_redistDXSETUP.exe"If the reg key matches with the provided one >>> launch other application "Setup.exe"
Provided version:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftDirectX]
"Version"="4.09.00.0904"
I am trying to download a file from an ftp site only if it's newer than my local fileate to check for the file properties? right now it downloads the file, but just need if newer. The purpose is to update a .mdb with the contents of the file, so don't want to download file and run an update everytime my app runs, only if the file is different. This is the code I am using:
Const localFile As String = "C:version.xml"
Const remoteFile As String = "/version.xml"
Const host As String = "ftp://1.1.1.1"
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I'm using the WebClient class to download some exe's from servers, and everything works well, but I would like to only download the file if the one on the server is newer than the one on the local machine.
View 3 RepliesI'm working with VB Express 2008 and MS SQL Express 2008. I have an SQL database in my project which I manipulate in the project by adding to or subtracting from a particular table. The database's "Copy to Output Directory" property within the project is set to "Copy if Newer." Nevertheless, after I run the project, add to or otherwise manipulate the data, save changes to the database and then exit, the changes are not reflected in the table.
View 4 RepliesI've been passed a solution that has a vb.Net 2.0 project that references to a .Net 3.5 library. The library compiles with out problem but the vb project does not. It complains of missing objects which are in the library which are correctly added in the imports. Also I see a yellow yield sign next to the reference library also when I add the reference it complains of the framework version difference. Any help is apritiated. Also I'm using VS10. Imported the projects with no errors. A colleague has this working on VS9.
View 1 RepliesI am having another issue with WMP in VB.NET 2010.I wrote an app using WMP in VB.NET 2010, using .NET Framework 4.0 of course, but had to change the framework target to 3.5. After doing this, the WMP component does not work. How, if I even can, fix this problem so that the program will run on .NET Framework 3.5? The error says that it could not load AxInterop.WMPLib.dll because it was built in a runtime newer than the currently loaded one.
View 2 RepliesI try to find online any example for create an application autoupdate.
When I run my application it check in a webserver if exist new version,if exist the software run update.
i would like to auto check for new version system update when the system is closing. When there is the new version system update, will automatically rename the active exe to FileName.old then copy new version of exe into the folder.
View 1 Replieshow I can go about having a ini type file so my.settings don't get over written when I load newer versions of my application?
View 3 RepliesThis code no longer works in ver 2007:' Obtain max resources available for Excel
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