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Dcupdater problems - v1.23.01?

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owenduffy:

Mouser,

If/when you get to do some revisions to dcUpdater:

Version dates do not display sometimes in the main dcUpdater window... seems sensitive to date and I think probably an internationalisation issue (I use dd/mm/yyyy format).

Right clicking an entry and selecting recheck version does not seem to capture the installation of an update in the current dcUpdater instance.

It would be nice if dcUpdater was launched by a specific .dcupdate file, that it could do a version check using the default list, and a right click option to add a .dcupdate file to the defaults if it isn't already there.

Owen

mouser:
Thanks for the report owen -- you are definitely right about the version dates issue.. I should have fixed that a while ago and i will fix it this month for sure, early this month preferably.

I'm not completely sure i understand the other two issues.  Could you elaborate?

owenduffy:
I'm not completely sure i understand the other two issues.  Could you elaborate?
-mouser (July 01, 2008, 09:37 AM)
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(2) Right clicking an entry and selecting recheck version does not seem to capture the installation of an update in the current dcUpdater instance.

Here is the scenario: I run dcUpdater and it tells me one package needs update. I select the option to update it, and it runs properly so the package is now up to date. If I now right click and select the 're-check version available on the web', it shows the currently installed version just the same as prior to performing the update. It seems that it might literally recheck the web version... but wouldn't it be sensible to also re-read the installed version data?

(3) It would be nice if when dcUpdater was launched by a specific .dcupdate file, that it could do a version check using the default list, and a right click option to add a .dcupdate file to the defaults if it isn't already there.

If I launch MyApp.dcupdate, dcUpdater starts and shows the details for MyApp, and only MyApp. It would be nice if there was a menu option to 'Check All' meaning to scan the default 'list' ($APPDATA\DonationCoder\DcUpdater\RedirectFiles) used by dcUpdater when it is started with no command line arguments.

The second part of (3) is that if a line item displayed is not in the default 'list' ($APPDATA\DonationCoder\DcUpdater\RedirectFiles), to add a right click option that allows the user to 'install' the MyApp to $APPDATA\DonationCoder\DcUpdater\RedirectFiles.

Does that make sense?

Owen

mouser:
ok for #2 i understand, and yes i will fix it, thats a good point.

ok #3a, yes i agree, in fact i was planning to have a checkbox shown or something so you could easily toggle between showall and show just the one.  it's also confusing to people to see only a subset of their things sometimes.

as for #3b let me think about it.. i think that the updater is assuming that if the dcupdate file is not in its default list, it means its being run for a non-installed temporary download, and so shouldnt be added to the default list.. i'm trying to think of cases where you would have a permanent .dcupdate file that you wanted added, that didnt have a proper way to add itself.

owenduffy:
G'day Mouser,

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as for #3b let me think about it.. i think that the updater is assuming that if the dcupdate file is not in its default list, it means its being run for a non-installed temporary download, and so shouldnt be added to the default list.. i'm trying to think of cases where you would have a permanent .dcupdate file that you wanted added, that didnt have a proper way to add itself.
-mouser (July 01, 2008, 07:41 PM)
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I think the cases where it would be handy is for apps that don't properly install themselves. Some people still distribute apps that don't have an installer... but then I guess they wouldn't be trying to use dcUpdater.

BTW, I have put a menu option in my apps that launches the app's .dcupdate file, so the user can start dcUpdate on the specific app file alone.

Anyway... sounds good, look forward to the release!

Owen

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