>>>I'm interested in any solutions to problem of distributing update .exe and
>>>..dbc files to client. Right now we have a user in the client network with
>>>access to all machines in the network copy the latest versions to the
>>>client computers across NT networks. This is becoming tedious, of course.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking of something like a program that the user launches instead of
>>>the application .exe that checks the version and determines if the user
>>>needs a new version, downloads it to the client machine and then launches
>>>it -- or some variation on this process.
>>>
>>>Has anyone done this successfully? And would you share your process? TIA
>>>- Gail
>>
>>I succesfully use exactly this thing. Small EXE (around 100 Kb)launches main APP file. This is modified version of the Launcher program from Edward Leafe article in January 97 FoxPro Advisor ("Launch Updates of Your Application Automatically"). All I do - just compile the new APP file to some directory on the network along with new README.TXT file. Launcher takes care of everything.
>>
>>Nick
>
>Thanks, Nick

Nick,
Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of your loader routine via e-mail?? I am trying to convince my present employer that if we load the app I am building on local machines, that we can speed up the app's speed a little.. He has a problem with the time spent on having someone copy the app to each users machine..

Thanx!

Tony Miller
Vancouver, Wa