DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker

[brotherS]

Hi,

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

From http://s89775182.onlinehome.us/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8 :

Code

;---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, ...?

[brotherS]

new, better version, which checks silently every 8 hours:

Code

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

[jgpaiva]

Just added it, and it checked for the new version correctlly!
Thanks!

[lanux128]

brotherS,

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



best regards,
lanux

[jgpaiva]

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:

Code

GoSub,UpdateCheckAHK,

If you already knew this, sorry, but i supposed it was better to warn you (and other possible readers of this thread)

[lanux128]

jgpaiva: yes, now i know... ;-) tks anyway...

[brotherS]

Hi lanux128, welcome to the amazing world of AutoHotkey!