>Does anyone have any experience "live updating tools" and VFP? These are utilities which let your users check your web site for the latest edition of your app and then automatically download and apply any update that it finds there. They can be triggered by a command button () or even run on a timer to ensure that the user always has the latest version of your app without having to go through a manual updating process. > >I've looked at these two: > >InternetUpgrade: http://www.nantronix.net/Products/InternetUpgradeProOCX.aspx > $249 from Hallogram and elsewhere. > I've been unable to get the PRO edition to work with VFP because it > seems to require that I pass a LONG (not float) argument to one of the > ActiveX methods. I can't find any way to do that and I found that > someone else asked the same question a month ago and got no answer. > >UpdateLive: http://www.bennet-tec.com/UpdateLive.htm > $1500 per application(!). > Aside from the price, I haven't been impressed because the > documentation is missing large sections and the demo application > crashes for me. > >Has anyone used either of these two successfully from VFP? Or any other such utility? (I use various web/FTP libraries but "live updating" is not a trivial task and I'd prefer a utility which specializes in it). > >Thanks for any advice. > >-Bob
Bob,
You might want to get your hands at a Doug Hennig article in Foxtalk about this subject (www.pinnaclepublishing.com/ft). You should be able to get it for a small nominal fee.
Give also a look at Wise Installer 9.0 (www.wisesolutions.com). Excellent installer, they have a VFP7.0 script and you could use their webudate feature.
