Help with wyBuild, wyUpdate & AutomaticUpdater

This is a collection of tutorials ranging from the introductory to advanced. In these tutorials you'll find everything you need to know about releasing your product updates to your users.

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Getting Started

• Install wyBuild

  How to install wyBuild.

• Video Tutorial

  Learn how to use wyBuild to create tiny update patches, include wyUpdate with your application, and integrate the AutomaticUpdater control with your .NET app.

• Distribute wyUpdate

  How to include wyUpdate with your program.

• Translate wyUpdate

  Quick tutorial on creating and editing translation in wyBuild that you can then distribute with wyUpdate.

• How to Silently Check for Updates

  Learn how to silently check for updates in your app.

Automatic Updater

• AutomaticUpdater control intro

  An introduction to the free AutomaticUpdater .NET control included with wyBuild.

• Using the AutomaticUpdater control in your .NET App

  A quick tutorial on adding Automatic Updates to your .NET app.

• AutomaticUpdater Members (Methods, Properties, & Events)

  AutomaticUpdater methods, properties, and events useful in adding automatic updating to your .NET app.

About wyBuild & wyUpdate

• Overview of wyBuild

  An overview of wyBuild including some of the more prominent features.

• Features in wyBuild

  A summary of the most useful features in wyBuild.

• Changes in wyBuild & wyUpdate 2.5.17

  The complete list of changes to wyBuild and wyUpdate since the first publicly released version.

Advanced Topics

• Build Updates from Commandline

  Learn how to build updates from commandline in wyBuild, and also add new versions via commandline.

• Commands and Variables

  How to use text-modify commands and variables to simplify building your updates.

• Update & Server Sites

  Use site mirrors for your update file and server file to distribute the load of releasing an update.

• Version Numbers

  A brief explanation of version number schemes, and how wyUpdate interprets versions.

• Override the Server Site in wyUpdate

  Learn how to override the server site in wyUpdate at runtime.