If you're using wyUpdate in standalone mode then you should shut down your app before you launch wyUpdate. If you're using the AutomaticUpdater then you can let the AutomaticUpdater take care of shutting down your app.
Question Regarding wyUpdate
softwareguyGreetings,
I have several apps...some always running, others sometimes running, etc. that all need to be shutdown before an update can be performed.
When wyUpdate is launched by my app and it decides it is time to update and the user gives the ok, what mechanism shuts down the software it is updating?
softwareguyBut if wyUpdate checks and finds no updates are needed then I will have shutdown my app(s) for nothing.
So you're saying that whenever I launch wyUpdate to check for updates I have to shutdown my apps?
This app is used for emergency communications and needs to run 24/7....shutting it down is not something we would want to do periodically just to CHECK for updates. It would be ok to shut it down when an update IS available AND the user has given the ok but shutting it down each time we check for updates would be unacceptable.
Is the alternative to have a .net app with the autoupdater built into it....and then only shutdown if an update is found to be available?
But if wyUpdate checks and finds no updates are needed then I will have shutdown my app(s) for nothing.
First call wyUpdate to see if there are updates. See the How to Silently Check for Updates article I linked to.
So you're saying that whenever I launch wyUpdate to check for updates I have to shutdown my apps?
Only when there are updates available.