The automatic updater does not work when not associated with a MenuItem (my app does not use them)?
Automatic updater in WPF app
A blank square of different colour represents the automatic updater in my application, when clicked on, an empty menu appears. It is confusing that no information is provided by the control, am I doing something wrong?
I also created a blank WPF application to test, the automatic updater's background colour matched the app background colour, so it was not visible, but it of course can be clicked on (and thus present a blank menu) if you know where it is.
Set the Visibility of the AutomaticUpdater to Invisible.
The automatic updater does not work when not associated with a MenuItem (my app does not use them)?
You don't need to use the MenuItem property if you don't have menus.
So just call ForceCheckForUpdate?
Is there any reason that the automatic updater is clickable and shows an empty menu? Should it not hide itself if there is no point in it being there?
It should hide itself by default. I'll look into it later.