Including DcUpdater.exe ?

To check for updates, your program is going to invoke dcupdater.exe, a standalone program.

You have two choices about how to integrate with DcUpdater.exe.

The first is simply to include the DcUpdater.exe (and libcurl.dll) files with your application, inside your program directory.  If you choose this method, you never have to worry about the user installing the updater.  The only drawback of this approach is that it will use up an extra megabyte of disk space.

The second method is what we use in our own programs, which is to have the program interact with a centrally installed copy of DcUpdater.  This requires a little more work on the user's part and on your part as a developer, but means that you do not have to include the updater with your installation packages.

For more information on the second option, see the next help page on Interfacing with an Installed DcUpdater.