This dialogue box is displayed when the Tools | Check For Program Updates menu option is selected.
As soon as the dialogue box appears the DelphiDabbler web site is contacted to find out if any new versions of CodeSnip are available. "Checking..." is displayed while this is in progress.
If a new version is available then a button is displayed that, when clicked, uses your default web browser to download a zip file containing the latest version of CodeSnip†. You can then close CodeSnip and install the updated program from the installer contained in the zip file.
If there is no new version‡, a message is displayed to that effect.
Notes:
† Should a download fail you can also get the latest version from CodeSnip's download web page.
‡ Only stable releases of CodeSnip are made available via this dialogue box. If you are interested trying any pre-release or beta versions, please check the CodeSnip News Feed which carries announcements of all such releases.
By default CodeSnip performs a check for program updates automatically from time to time. A pop-up notification window is displayed in the main window if an update is available. The notification includes a button that causes the update to be downloaded via the default browser, in an exactly similar way to this dialogue box. You can switch this automatic checking feature off, or change the frequency with which checks are made, by using the Updates tab of the Preferences dialogue box.