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Author Topic: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker  (Read 8021 times)

brotherS

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DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« on: February 21, 2006, 12:40 PM »
Hi,

I was told about a really great idea - a tiny script to automatically check for new versions of AutoHotkey!

From http://s89775182.onl...um/viewtopic.php?t=8 :
;---2005-10-16 garry, check AutoHotKey for new version -------------
F1=%A_ScriptDir%\AHKURL.TXT
A=%A_AHKVERSION%
URLDownloadToFile,http://www.autohotkey.com,%F1%
I=0
Loop
{
        I+=1
        FileReadLine, line, %F1%, %i%
        if ErrorLevel <> 0
        exitApp
   IfInString,line,The latest version is
        {
   stringmid,BA,LINE,25,18
        GOTO A2
        }
}
A2:
FileDelete,%F1%
B1=%BA%
I=0
loop,parse,B1,`
{
   Transform,B2,ASC,%A_LOOPFIELD%
   I+=1
   if B2<46
   GOTO A3
   if B2>57
   GOTO A3
}
A3:
stringmid,B,B1,1,I-1
if A<>%B%
{
msgbox,(Changed) Your existing version is=%A%, Actual version is=%B%
run,http://www.autohotkey.com/download
ExitApp
}
else
{
msgbox,(Equal) Your existing version is=%A%, Actual version is=%B%
MsgBox, 4, , Start AHK Forum?
IfMsgBox,No
return
Else
Run,http://www.autohotkey.com/forum
ExitApp
}
I'm sure someone in here could even optimize that? To maybe let it auto-check at a given interval, add some other stuff, ...?
« Last Edit: March 07, 2006, 01:29 AM by brotherS »

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2006, 01:33 AM »
new, better version, which checks silently every 8 hours:

GoSub, AutoExec11

[...]

;2006-03-04
;check for new AutoHotKey version
#Persistent
AutoExec11:
SetTimer, UpdateCheckAHK, 28800000 ; check every 8 hours
return
;
UpdateCheckAHK:
F1=http://www.autohotkey.com/download/CurrentVersion.txt
F2=%A_ScriptDir%\AHKURL.TXT
A =%A_AHKVERSION%

SetTitleMatchMode, 1
If WinExist("AutoHotkey Download")
    TrayTip, AutoHotkey, already open
else
 {
 URLDownloadToFile,%F1%,%F2%
 Splashimage, off
 Filereadline,B,%F2%,1
 if A<>%B%
    {
;    msgbox,(Changed) Your existing version is=%A%, Actual version is=%B%
     Run,IExplore.exe http://www.autohotkey.com/download
    }
  else
    {
    TrayTip, AutoHotkey, no new version available
    }
 }
return

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2006, 01:49 PM »
Just added it, and it checked for the new version correctlly!
Thanks! :D

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2006, 08:19 PM »
brotherS,

i changed the timer to 0 and here is the result... ;-)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4296/ahkupdate6lz.png
DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker


best regards,
lanux

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2006, 08:44 PM »
Lanux: possibly, you already know this, but i'll say it anyways, better be safe than sorry.
Changing that timer to 0 will make the script be always checking for updates (i.e. always downloading the autohotkey.com page.)
Possibly, this will take you much bandwidth, and might not be the solution you were looking for.
To only have it execute once, you should change that timer to:
GoSub,UpdateCheckAHK,
If you already knew this, sorry, but i supposed it was better to warn you (and other possible readers of this thread)

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2006, 09:57 PM »
jgpaiva: yes, now i know... ;-) tks anyway...

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Re: DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2006, 02:48 AM »
Hi lanux128, welcome to the amazing world of AutoHotkey!  :D