>>Not sure if this is the correct category for this post, so please feel free to direct me to the correct area.
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>>We have a desktop based application where we periodically E-mail a new .exe to our clients.
>>We would like to replace this method with our program automatically checking for and downloading the update from a password protected FTP site.
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>>TIA for all advice.
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>First, it might be a good idea to re-architect your program's startup to use a "launcher" - otherwise it could be difficult for the .EXE to update itself. There are a couple of launchers available here for download.
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>For downloading from an FTP site, you could try any of the several FTP tools available here for download.
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>Finally, it may be worthwhile using a tool like RTPatch ( http://www.pocketsoft.com/windows/overview.html ) to reduce the size of data transferred and simplify the update process.


Al,
Tks. I will look into your suggestions.