How to create a custom autoupdater for a C# console application ?

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Hi

Please help me to figure out the approaches to create autoupdater for a console application.

Note: I neither want to use MS ClickOne nor any third-party tool.

I have downloaded one project "AutoUpdater" from codeplex which is fulfilling my requirements but I still looking for another best approach to develop it.

Apart from codeplex "AutoUpdater" logic, please share your knowledge and inputs!

With Best Regards
Varun Thakur

Posted 6-May-15 23:00pm

Varun Thakur

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johannesnestler 8-May-15 6:33am

why not click once - easy to configure and works - just wondering?

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webmaster442 · Answer 1 · 2015-05-08T00:09:00

An auto updater is prety complicated. I created such using Inno Setup Installer & a bit of C# code in my application.

The App downloads a txt from a website. The TXT contains the latest application version, and the download url.

Then the program compares the current Assembly version to the found version in the txt. If the version in the txt is bigger, then it downloads the new installer.

The installer after download is called via a Process.Start()

The installer does the rest of the updating.

In my opinion it's easier to use a pre made solution for this, or just use clickOnce