Make an Application With Update Feature

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Hello,
As we have seen an Antivirus Software which automatically updates its virus definitions and ALSO THE PROGRAM from Internet
So I wanted to knw how can we do such a thing in our C# or VB.Net Application.

Also,
There are few Applications which Updates a previously installed software (OFFLINE WAY)
So How can we make such an Application which can be updated by another UPDATER Application?

Please help me with both the things

Posted 26-Mar-11 8:42am

ankitpsaraogi

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2011-03-26T08:50:00

Solution 1

Start from here:
Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1[^]
Application Auto Update in VB.NET[^]
Updater[^]

Posted 26-Mar-11 8:50am

Sandeep Mewara

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ankitpsaraogi 26-Mar-11 15:23pm

I was following the first artical using the exact file names and paths. When setting up the clickOnce publish properties (using Publish Wizard) I get a warning message when entering "C:\Deployment\DDay.Update.Test" as the place where the application will look for updates, this prevents me from going any further. The warning reads:

"Invalid value for 'Update URL'. The string must be a fully qualified URL or UNC path ..."

Any ideas why this works for you guys and not me? I'm using VS 2008.

Kishor20 17-Apr-12 1:20am

same problem here plz help me

Wendelius · Answer 2 · 2011-03-26T08:57:00

Solution 2

Perhaps you're already familiar with this but one tool in the Visual Studio is ClickOnce[^]

Posted 26-Mar-11 8:57am

Wendelius