RE: replacing a running program
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:57:11 -0800
I got a better link to the BITS API article I was wanting you to look at so
you don't have to hunt it down.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/02/BITS/default.aspx
Ken
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:32 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: replacing a running program
Thank you but I am not using .net.
I've created a program in perl with wxWidgets (WxPerl) and for the moment I
have only the version for Windows, but I hope I will be able to create a
Linux version also, because perl, WxPerl and wxWidgets are all portable.
I have noticed an interesting thing though.
I've seen that if I start the program, then I delete it, the OS doesn't give
any error for a few seconds.
After some more seconds, it gives the error telling that the file is in use
and that it can't be deleted.
If I delete the program while it is running, but immediately I close the
program, the file is deleted successfully, and it doesn't give any error.
I don't know if it works for the moment, but I guess MS made something to
allow us to delete the program, do something very fast then close it, and I
hope I will be able to do what I want.
I have a very fast computer, so I think that error message is not delayed
because of the speed of the machine.
I've tried this with other programs like notepad.exe and it works the same.
I don't know how it will work this under Win 2k or older versions...
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: replacing a running program
>
>
> You didn't say if you were using .net or not but here is a link that I
> found
> useful for this
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa497367.aspx
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian
> Rasnita
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 6:45 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: replacing a running program
>
> Hi,
>
> I've made a program for Windows and I want to add a function that
> downloads
> a newer version of this program if available, but I want it to replace the
> current version with the newer one.
> I know that under Windows if the program is running, I cannot delete it in
> order to replace with the newer version.
>
> I want it to act something like the extraordinary program UTorrent even
> though my program is not made using the same language.
>
> Do you have any idea how to do that, without creating a second program
> that
> does the download and replacement?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Octavian
>
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