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21770>How can I check for a new version of a VFP application (EXE) over the internet? The VFP application will be a fat client running on numerous users remote computers. The user will be logged onto the internet with a moderatly fast connection.
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>On a Lan the user runs a BAT file to start the VFP application we developed. The application runs on their local C: drive and the data is on an SQL 2005 database at a remote location.
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>The BAT file just checks for a newer version of the project compiled EXE. If a newer version is available, the BAT files copies the newer one onto their local drive. Then the BAT file then runs the local VFP application. So the user always has the newest version loaded on their hard drive.
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>Can that be done over the Internet, and then run it on C: drive as a fat client?
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