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Options for Running WiseUpdate Client
Windows Installer Editor Reference
WiseUpdate Client uses the HTTP connection information that you specified on the
WiseUpdate page to read the WiseUpdate update file on the Web server. If you are
running the same version of your application as that on the server, a message
notifies you that you are running the latest version.
4.
Close the WiseUpdate Client window.
5.
If this test is not successful, try to determine the problem.
See
WiseUpdate Tips
6.
If this test is successful, follow the next procedure to test what happens when the
version of your application on the Web server is later than the end user's version.
To test how WiseUpdate works when an update is needed
1.
To make the application on the server appear to be a later version:
a.
On your development computer, on the WiseUpdate page, enter a later product
version. (Example: If the original version was 1.0.0, enter 1.0.2.)
b.
Compile the installation to create a new update file.
c.
Upload the new update file to the Web server.
2.
On the testing computer, open your application's installation directory and double-
click the file WiseUpdt.exe. Then click Next.
Because the version on the Web server is now later than the version on the testing
computer, WiseUpdate Client displays the Readme file and then displays an option
to download and run the installation.
3.
You can download and run the installation, but installation will fail unless the version
on the server is an upgrade or patch that updates the currently installed version. In
a real-life scenario, when you put updates on the server, they must be configured as
upgrades or patches.
4.
To restore the correct version information to the server, repeat step 1, except enter
the original product version.
5.
If this test is not successful, try to determine the problem.
See
WiseUpdate Tips
6.
If you see the Web page you entered in the Alternate Web Page field on the
WiseUpdate page, then there was a problem connecting to the host through HTTP,
or the necessary files were not found on the host.
See also:
Using WiseUpdate in an Installation
Options on the WiseUpdate page determine how WiseUpdate Client (WiseUpdt.exe) is
run on the destination computer.
Run from a shortcut on the destination computer
On the WiseUpdate page, mark the Add client to Startup group check box and
enter a value in the Check Interval (days) field.
on page 327 and
Troubleshooting WiseUpdate
on page 327 and
Troubleshooting WiseUpdate
on page 321
Distributing an Installation
on page 328.
on page 328.
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