Re: audo deployment of windows forms application

Good afternoon Rick,
I remember building an auto update function into a dotNet application a couple of years ago. The application would look for an update when it was launched and if present would prompt the user for permission to download and apply the update. I can't remember exactly how I did this, but I believe that the following message thread will probably be helpful to you. 

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?dotnet.12.630948.6

HTH,
Everett


On 27-Mar-09, at 10:40 AM, rick watson wrote:


Good morning listers,
My company has started the process of migrating our application to the .net world. Currently we have a zip file which users download from an ftp server and then run an installer setup program to install the new version. 

What we are looking to accomplish.
1. Have an installer which will reside on client machines. This will check for updates and automatically download them if that is “ok” with the user. Does anyone know of an efficient way to accomplish this using visual studio .net or any third party products. 

Thanks
Rick

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