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Sunday, July 11th 2010, 1:00pm
Problem downloading update to application?
Ive currently been updating the application which Ive made using Jabaco by notifying users via email. I dont have a large userbase to my application, however it is steadily growing in the users whom want the java version (I offer it in classic vb6 as well as jabaco)
Currently its used no windows api's as its a simple little thing, but this evening I began trying to implement an update function as I do in vb6 and its racking my brain so Ive decided to seek help.
This is something to the sort of what I would normally use in vb6. Trying to port it into jabaco, it seems that the file dosent download for some reason unknown to me.
From there I normally read contents of the text file to see if it matches the constant "Current Version" and if it dosent = "Current Version" then I would download a separate file(the updated program)
Any ideas to what I am doing wrong?
Currently its used no windows api's as its a simple little thing, but this evening I began trying to implement an update function as I do in vb6 and its racking my brain so Ive decided to seek help.
This is something to the sort of what I would normally use in vb6. Trying to port it into jabaco, it seems that the file dosent download for some reason unknown to me.
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Private WinAPI Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long,ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
Public Const OurUpdateLocation = "http://www.MyWebsite.Com/CurrentVersion.txt"
Public Const YourDrive = "C:/"
Public Const YourFileName = "CurrentVerion.txt"
Public Const Current Version = "1.0.0"
Public Sub Command1_Click()
If MsgBox("Do you wish to check for updates?", vbYesNo, "Jabaco Update Function") = vbYes Then
MsgBox "This should take one moment, please be patient."
If Windows Then
Call URLDownloadToFile 0, OurUpdateLocation, YourDrive & YourFileName , 0, 0
Else
MsgBox "Check back with us soon then to keep program current & bugfree!"
End if
End If
End Sub
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From there I normally read contents of the text file to see if it matches the constant "Current Version" and if it dosent = "Current Version" then I would download a separate file(the updated program)
Any ideas to what I am doing wrong?
Sunday, July 11th 2010, 2:54pm
Ah, Im sure the forwardslash/backslash would matter, checking src I actually typed that correctly but did a typo when changing path here for example so that it could be understood what I was doing since I normally use tmp path for update files then another msgbox to check if user wants to move that to current path.I am wondering if the difference between "C:/" and "C:\" is relevant.
Try to use a http/network monitoring tool to find out and anlyze the actual network traffic.
In all cases you have to beware of http proxies. Not every user is directly connected to the Internet.
It might be necessary to connect via a proxy.
A1880
Ill look into downloading via java, thx for the refrences
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