Originally posted by Chris Woerner One idea that we are considering is to encrypt the download files. That way, they won't do anyone any good to download. That's not a bad idea at all. A similar idea posed by my boss was to zip & password-protect t...
This thread was abandoned a while ago, but this is still a big problem with updates and authentication even in the 3.1 release. I think the original poster's desire was to use a URL that doesn't point directly to the executable. When the update agen...
It depends on what kind of application you have, but exit() works for me in C/C++ land. The point is, it's up to the developer to figure out what to do if an update's available. If you want to exit your app, call your exit routines. Once the upd...
I haven't tried from a file server, but step 2 of the "Distribute an Update" wizard, where it prompts for the URL of the update file, accepts file://\\\folder\program.exe as a URL. Dunno if you tried it, but your post didn't include a protocol sche...