I would love to have a system like MAC users have with the sparkle framework. I want my .NET windows app to learn an update is available, download the update, install the update, and then restart.
I do all of the above except the last item. I use a web service to query for updates, download the update, launch the update, but then what? That's the hard part, and I'm using Basic MSI. How can I get a patch to launch the application being patched after the patch process is completed? The application's EXE may not be in the patch set, however, I do store the location of the application in the registry, if that helps.
Any tips on how to relaunch the application being patched at patch completion would be greatly appreciated.
A "normal" patch (as opposed to a QuickPatch project) can contain any differences between the before and after MSI databases, including new custom actions. Can the new version contain a custom action to launch the executable, and then generate a patch from that?
