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C# Application Launcher with autoupdate. Part 2

Last time we started by defining project tasks and did some preparations (Part 1). Fetching web page Usually autoupdate launcher reads from update server one file with latest version info and other data. In our project we will read directory index listing. It is a bit more complicated as needs html parsing, but first issue to… Read More »

C# Application Launcher with autoupdate. Part 1

Today we start article about application launcher with autoupdate feature. By default Visual Studio offers ClickOnce publishing. It has lot of nice features with all kind bells and whistles. But there area also some shortcomings like hardcoded url for update and install, no option to have simultaneously installed multiple versions of same application, no option to pass… Read More »