Auto Updater With Network Share

[adam@ibexuk.com]

Hi
We need to use the auto updater with an update file that will be stored locally on the network. We can't use an internet as for many of our users their network is locked down blocking the auto updater getting the file from the internet. So we need to put the new version in a shared folder on the local network. How can I trigger the auto updater to use this local file? The process will be triggered by our main application so I can call the updater with whatever options are needed rather than needing it to auto update on a schedule etc. I don't even need the auto updater to check the version as our application will do that anyway, I simply need to tell it to do the update using a file with a specified local network path. I can't see anything on this in the documentation and searching this forum for "auto updater local" didn't give me anything.

Many thanks
Adam

[Dan]

Hello Adam,

In order to achieve that, you can enable the “Check for updates using Advanced Updater” option from “Updater” page and in the “Updates configuration file URL: ” line you can edit using the format: file://host/path to your file (e.g. file://C:\file_example ).

Please note that any update defined in the Updates Configuration file uses a detection criteria. This criteria is usually a file or a registry entry which contains the package version. If it's not met after the update is installed, the Updater will show this message: “Some of the updates failed to install properly” . Therefore, you need to make sure that you specified a correct file or registry entry in the Installed Detection section of the Update Properties page.

Best regards,
Dan

[adam@ibexuk.com]

Works great - thank you!

[Dan]

You're welcome.

Best regards,
Dan