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Article #11306Re: Automatic Software Update
From: Cactus
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:09
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:09
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> > Ideally, I would like to close the application, update the > > files and then automatically restart the updated application. > > You need a second helper application for that. > > The alternative is to move your main app's functionality to DLLs, and then > have the app simply unload the DLLs while they are being updated and then > re-load them afterwards, all while the app itself is still running. Of > course, if you need to update the exe itself, you will stll have to shut it > down fully. I agree DLL is good idea. it can be load and unload at running time.
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