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Re: How to use the Updater [message #26655 is a reply to message #26632]

Tue, 18 May 2010 09:54

koldo
Messages: 3437
Registered: August 2008

Senior Veteran

Hello Mirek

Thank you for your support.

However I still cannot understand how it works.

Going here: http://www.ultimatepp.org/srcdoc$CtrlLib$Updater$en-us.html , it appears this sample code:

GUI_APP_MAIN
{
    SelfUpdate(); // SelfUpdate updates updater.exe first and then app itself
    Update("cs-cz.scd"); // Update czech spelling checker
    Update("logo.bmp"); // Update company logo to be used in reports

The first problem is that it seems Update() function does not exist.

We could consider that that function is really called UpdateFile(). Version used in example void UpdateFile(const char *filename) not always can be used, as it reads data from an .ini file that is a readable text file.

Unfortunately SelfUpdate() calls UpdateFile("UPDATER.EXE"); and GetIniKey("UPDATE"), so it has the above problem.

In addition "updater.exe" name is hardcoded. It could be better to be changed by the programmer because now it is too clear the purpose of that program Smile

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In summary, in actual implementation, although Update.cpp is in CtrlLib, it seems to require some changes to be adapted to programmer needs. It seems that with a very little bit of programming and documenting effort it would be more usable.

Best regards
Iñaki

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