Automatic Updater with Access

[Wyatt]

You said it worked when you hardcoded the paths, but not when you passed in a path. Which means you're not passing in the path correctly (or not using it correctly in the batch file). So, like I said before:

Try echoing out the %1 commandline argument in the batch file. That way you can see what is being passed in and if you did everything correctly.

[Arun]

Thanks wyatt, I Got it now when i use Not elevated option it is taking current directory and running .accdr file after finishing updates.

[Arun]

Could you please tell me how to change in User control account Publisher name and Product name for Windows 7 machines.?

When i click on Update then its giving User account control window contains Product Name:wyUpdate and Publisher: wyDay. So i want to change these two names.

[Wyatt]

Could you please tell me how to change in User control account Publisher name and Product name for Windows 7 machines.?

You'll have to recompile wyUpdate from source, then sign it with your own code signing certificate.

[Arun]

Hi Wyatt,
Why my command is not working if i use like this in my VBA code : Shell AppPath & "\wyUpdate.exe / quickcheck "

The way the update appears to work is that when an update is found it initiates the download and update. Can we change this so that it downloads it silently then when the update is fully downloaded an update notification appears?
Could you please give me details to Download it silently first then after with user aceptance it should start Updating.

[Wyatt]

Can we change this so that it downloads it silently then when the update is fully downloaded an update notification appears?

Not with VBA, sorry.

Why my command is not working if i use like this in my VBA code : Shell AppPath & "\wyUpdate.exe / quickcheck "

What do you mean by "not working". What happens? What is the expected result?

[Arun]

I dont want to see Downloading Update message on my window. It has to download silently then when update is fully downloaded an Update notification should appear. So i have used command: Shell AppPath & "\wyUpdate.exe / quickcheck " to get Update notifiation after Updaes downloading. But its not happening with this code now that iam seeing "Downloading update" message. This messge should not come.

[Wyatt]

As I described above, you can't hide the downloading / extracting steps unless you're using wyUpdate within a Windows Service or you're using the AutomaticUpdater.


With VBA your users will have to see the downloading window. There's no way around it. Of course you can brand the window with graphics, etc. so the user knows what's going on.

[Arun]

So, Here i have to use windows service for my project because my project is not developed with dotnet. Can you please tell me how can i create windows service???.. I tried with creating windows service using C#.Net but i could not get any update? i dont know how this window service is related to my project because i have just given GUID in code and attached Automatic updater in References. is it enough for updating process?Can you please give me details about this.

Am i in currect way to create windows service or is there any other way to create windows service?

[Sam]

We have an example Windows Service in the AutomaticUpdater source code.