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WiseUpdate Tips

WiseScript Package Editor Reference
Run WiseUpdate Client when the application is run.
To use the check interval value from the WiseUpdate page, run WiseUpdate
Client with the /c command-line option. Then WiseUpdate Client silently checks
the time elapsed since it last ran. If the number of days elapsed is greater than
the check interval value, WiseUpdate Client prompts the end user to check for
updates.
Add a menu command in your application to run WiseUpdate Client.
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Can WiseUpdate be used with WebDeploy?
Yes. Make sure that update installations you release are formatted as upgrades (use the
Upgrades page). You cannot use WebDeploy to run patch files (.MSP).
WebDeploy embeds connection information into the .EXE of the .MSI/.EXE pair, so that
the .EXE can run the .MSI from a location on the Web. WiseUpdate provides for regular
checking for updates initiated by the application on the destination computer. If you
plan to put all compiled files in the same location on the Web, then specify the same
directory on both the WebDeploy and WiseUpdate pages.
Because the .EXE of an .MSI/.EXE pair might contain optional runtimes (examples:
Windows Installer or .NET runtimes), WiseUpdate always tries to open the .EXE, not the
.MSI. Follow these guidelines:
The .EXE of the .MSI/.EXE pair must be located somewhere on the Web and must be
accessible to WiseUpdate users. It cannot be distributed through email or other
mechanisms.
On the WiseUpdate page, the connection information you enter must point to the
location of the WiseUpdate update file on the Web server.
See WebDeploy on page 81.
Can WiseUpdate be used with SmartPatch?
Because WiseUpdate is meant to work for updates, you can easily use SmartPatch to
create the updated version that end users download using WiseUpdate. That way end
users only have to download the smaller patch file instead of the entire installer.
See SmartPatch on page 74.
Does WiseUpdate work if the Web location of the WiseUpdate update
file changes?
No. Once you start using WiseUpdate, all subsequent versions of the WiseUpdate update
file must be located in the same directory as the original. This is because the
WiseUpdate Client that's already on end user's computers only knows to view the Web
location you set when you originally configured it. Therefore, when you configure the
WiseUpdate page for subsequent versions of the same application, make sure that the
Host fields and the Update Filename field are the same as in the original version of
the installation.
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