How do I integrate the Advanced Updater with my C# application?

Sample code on how to integrate the updater with a C# application.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

namespace UpdaterExampleCSharp
{
  /**
   * Sample code for using the Advanced Updater from C# applications.
   * 
   * Note: For this sample code to work you must have the updater.exe and updater.ini 
   *       beside the C# applications main exe.
   * 
   * @author Advanced Installer team
   * 
   */
  public partial class Form1 : Form
  {
    public Form1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();

      // Start the thread that will launch the updater in silent mode with 10 second delay.
      Thread thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(StartSilent));
      thread.Start();

      // Compute the updater.exe path relative to the application main module path.
      ProcessModule module = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule;
      int pos = module.FileName.LastIndexOf('\\');
      if (pos > 0)
        updaterModulePath = module.FileName.Substring(0, pos);

      updaterModulePath += "\\updater.exe";
    }

    private static String updaterModulePath;

    private void FileClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      this.Close();
    }

    /**
     * This handler should be associated with a menu item that launches the
     * updater's configuration dialog.
     */
    private void OptionsAutoUpdaters_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      Process process = Process.Start(updaterModulePath, "/configure");
      process.Close();
    }

    /**
     * This handler should be associated with a menu item that launches the
     * updater in check now mode (usually from  Help sub-menu)
     */
    private void HelpCheckForUpdates_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      Process process = Process.Start(updaterModulePath, "/checknow");
      process.Close();
    }

    private static void StartSilent()
    {
      Thread.Sleep(10000);

      Process process = Process.Start(updaterModulePath, "/silent");
      process.Close();
    }
  }
}

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The above code covers only the event handlers that should be implemented from inside your application.

Here is the main class that will call the above code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace UpdaterExampleCSharp
{
  static class Program
  {
    
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
      Application.EnableVisualStyles();
      Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
      Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
  }
}