[Qt-interest] Windows 7 and VirtualStore woes

David Ching dc at remove-this.dcsoft.com
Thu Sep 10 23:09:49 CEST 2009


"Constantin Makshin" <dinosaur-rus at users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message 
news:op.uz1625w5p27x8p at dinosaur-rus.lcl.starlink.ru...
> This may sound somewhat rude, but the standard way to solve self-updating 
> problem is to not do it. It's better to implement notifications about new 
> versions of your program. Something like "There's a newer version of Foo. 
> Do you want to download it? <Yes/No>" and when the user clicks "Yes" 
> button, open web page where [s]he can download new version of your 
> program.
>

There is much benefit to automating the process of finding, downloading, and 
launching an updater from within the app itself.

-- David 




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