>Dear All,
>
>When we distribute our applications (large VFP executables) we would like to be able to send Service Packs later that are small files (a few hundred K's) with upgrades on the EXE file. Is this possible in VFP?
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>Koos Veel.
You can search
www.download.com for "patch" - I think I tried PatchMaker or something. This one will compare two executables, and create a small installation program that updates the older one to the newer one.
You can't use encryption, or the patch will be bigger than your executable.
Another disadvantage is that the patch assumes a specific version is installed. For instance, you create a patch to update specifically from version 1.2 to 1.3.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
