Updating the updater? (General questions)

I've just been reading an earlier post about changes to wodAppUpdate to allow file permissions to be set for new files. As I have already started rolling out my application with wodAppUpdate version 1.3.6.115, can you please tell me how I can use wodAppUpdate to update itself?

Thanks,
Ivan

Ivan,

the service, or DLL itself? If it's the DLL, just update it. Since it spawns external process it's not locked anymore, so you can use it.

Kreso

Kreso,

When you make new versions of wodAppUpdate available the file versions change for both the service and dll files so I assume that I need to update both. Is this correct and, if so, how do I go about updating the service when logged on as a restricted user?

Ivan

Ivan,

you can't update wodAppUpdater's own service now. However, I plan to add support for it in next few days, because service would spawn the file, just like admin itself, so it wouldn't be locked.

So, please wait for official version before updating, even version currently is online does have Permissions already implemented.

Kreso

Kreso,

How will I update the existing installations to this newer version?

Ivan

Ivan,

just request update from our website, or directly at

http://www.weonlydo.com/index.asp?update=1

Regards,
Kreso

Kreso,

Sorry, you have misunderstood.

The customer sites that are now running my application with wodAppUpdate 1.3.6.115, how will I update them to the newer version of wodAppUpdate?
Please don't say they will have to reinstall my application.

Ivan

OCX/DLL is easy, just replace them.

As for the service itself, at this moment I don't have a solution. I mean I can have, but it would require administrative privileges (without the service). Can you at least get that?

Kreso

Kreso,

Unfortunately the users are restricted user profiles and require IT to perform installations that is why we have implemented wodAppUpdate.

Can you please give this a little thought as I am part way through installing 90+ sites.
For example, could we implement something so that the service updated inself on the next reboot?

Ivan

Ivan,

I think best approach would be for me to create new service completely, which I'm doing now, to replace old one.

You would install new service (new filename) and use CmdAfter (net start WeOnlyDo wodAppUpdate Service 2 ) and stop the old one (net stop WeOnlyDo wodAppUpdate Service ) do you think that would help?

Kreso

Kreso,

Sounds interesting.
Please let me know when it's available and I'll give it a try.

Thanks,
Ivan

It is, I can send you new version now if you wish, over the ticketing system. I have to write help and wait for techsupport guys to test it before we put to public.

Kreso