Hi Nicholas
I'm trying to write a simple program updater that goes through updates and copies them as needed. UPDATER.EXE that calls
say MAINAPPLICATION.EXE after copying updates.
BUT I realised that I need to be clever and maybe sometimes update the UPDATER.EXE itself as well as my Main App.
>>Hi
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>>I know how to run a shortcut from VFP, but now I need to QUIT my exe, copy a new EXE over the top of it and
>>restart the original shortcut that ran my Foxpro EXE in the 1st place.
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>>TAI
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>I think you'll need to wrap your exe in a launcher That way you can control what happens when you exit it (you'll still be in the launcher) and choose to overwrite the old exe and relaunch the new version.
Rob