#5 Download and execute .exe files

[SteveT]

Any chance to download and execute .exe files as well
as .zip files? I use NSIS installer to create an exe
install file and it would be great to have autoupdater
download the exe file, kill the main program and run
the new installer file. The installer I have currently
uninstalls the previous program by default, then
installs the new one.

Maybe rather than trying to accomplish all that, it
would be better to split out the download function so
that files can be downloaded only. The main program can
then do what ever is necessary.

[Matt Palmerlee]

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You may be able to accomplish this now by packaging your
.exe installer into a zip archive and then have your app run
the installer the next time the app was run.

Let me know if that works for you.

[SteveT]

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That works, but it is a bit of a pain to zip one file each
time I want to create an update. Also, the installer that is
contained in the zip wants to remove the program files
folder which now contains the unziped file. This could case
problems depending on how the installer is written.

Anyway, I have found out that I cannot receive updates
directly from SourceForge anyway (see the Support Request),
so downloading a zip or exe is really irrelevent.

Oh well, such is life!