Immediately following the Automatic Updater run that results in an update, the Update Information is available to the end user. Subsequent restarts of the application and runs of the automatic update does not allow for a way to bring up this information from within the control. I was wondering if it may be possible to add in a menu item on the Automatic Updater along with the "Hide" menu item that would once again call up the Update Information for the current version.
Just a thought. This would prevent me (and others) from having to code for the Update Information if we have a requirement to show that information in our app.
Thanks,ChriswyBuild v.2.6.10
Hey Chris,
I can't see the point of this. Showing the changes before an update gives the user a chance to see what's in store. Showing the changes after a successful update is useful in that it tells the user what has been added and fixed.
Why would your user need to see the changes for the version they already have installed? I can't really see this having broad application.
Wyatt wrote:> Why would your user need to see the changes for the version they already have installed?> I can't really see this having broad application.
Because we use wyBuild and wyUpdate to update a multi-user application. It is used by health care workers doing shift work. When new updates are released this would be a way to distribute the information to users that were not present during the upgrade. It would have been nice to have that information at hand instead of documenting it twice; but we just now update a release notes file that is accessible from the help menu.
We can't add this ability to the AutomaticUpdater because there are performance issues involved with keeping all the changes hanging around. However, you can write this code yourself. Just use the "UpdateSuccessful" event and record all the changes there.
