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AutoUpdate

Networking.be  (10 Submissions)   Complete Applications   Visual Basic 3.0   Advanced   Wed 3rd February 2021

Automatically update files using the internet. A very easy-to-use program that takes only a few commandline parameters. This can save you a lot of time if you're creating a multi-user application where many people use your program, no more running around the entire building.

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Usage au.exe /url [/app ] [/tmo ] [/ret ] /url Specifies the url where the version file can be found /app If specified, the application to be started when the updating is completed /tmp The connection timeout in seconds, if not specified, the default is used. default = 10 /ret The number of retrys when a file can't be retrieved (eg when the server is busy) The default is 2 Example au.exe /url http://www.myserver.com/myfolder/version.dat /app myapp.exe the version file has following format "from","to",#date# from: the url to the file the original file to: the path to the file where the file must be saved to date: a date/time containing the date and time that the file was changed Example "http://www.myserver.com/myfolder/myfile.dat","##apppath##\myfile.dat",#01/01/2001 7:25:00# If TO contains ##apppath##, ##apppath## is replaced by the path of au.exe

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