I am looking into implementing server side validation.
is php is the only way to do so ?
and if so can i see a "live" example on how the script reads the post variables and returns an answer to the advanced installer ?
i wonder if there is any way to make the update fully silent - just ask if user wants to update and click 'yes' 'no' w/o the full installation wizard (similar to the one in the original install).
the result needed is something like clickonce updates.
hello cosmin and thanx for all the help. About your remark about the version of the file in the "detect installation" section. if the .exe file is the result of the installation of the original msi, wouldn't its version be the version i specified in the msi product definitions ? otherwise ...
Hi there. those are the steps i am doing so let me know if i am missing something : 1. build the original msi - the actual project if a single .exe file i created in VS2005. the updater section of the original build is set to the url of the updates.txt file i am later going to put in the update conf...
hi there. i have done all that. i uploaded the msp and txt files to my server but when i click check for updates i get an error of
Wrong File Size when downloading the patch.
it does'nt even start to d/l the patch (stays on 0%) and immediatly gives me this error.
i wish the tutorials were not so confusing cause they made me jump into trying to make patches. the new issue i am now dealing with is that after i try to install the updated version i am getting a message that says that i have to uninstall the old version using add/remove programs. thats just kills...
i didnt create the new version of for the package correctly. now i have the msp patch as i needed. trying to see if i can work with the updater and cant seem to work it out. i followed the tutorial but there is no ini file being created when i build the update configuration project. i tried writing ...
I try to create a patch file just testing the update feature and i get this log with errors : Building package: C:\Documents and Settings\ron.kagan\Desktop\patch.msp Running MSI patch compatibility tests... done. Creating PCP database... done. Creating MSP... ***** Log starting: 2007-10-29 19:13:06 ...