Creating a plugin downloader engine...

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Here's what I want to do: create a form that gets data from a web service that shows the plugins that program can use. When the user chooses a plugin to download, the program automatically downloads it to the proper directory. How could I create the needed web service/site, and how would I tell the form what it needs to do?

Posted 7-Jun-11 9:16am

drummerboy0511

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2011-06-07T09:21:00

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Well, you do what you said. Write a webservice that returns a list of plugins, store locally which ones are installed so you don't show them, then download them on request, and place them in the right place so they run. Which bit are you stuck on ?

Posted 7-Jun-11 9:21am

Christian Graus

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drummerboy0511 7-Jun-11 15:25pm

I don't actually know how to write the web service. Also, it's a matter of displaying the information from said web service in a form.