Auto Update

The Auto Update tab enables you to configure the settings of the Auto Update feature.

The Auto Update tab

The fields specific to the AutoUpdate section are shown below:

[AutoUpdate]
 
; Auto Update settings
 
Start=1
CheckEveryType=1
CheckEvery=7
Background=1
CheckURL=http://www.dwebpro.com/version.xml
CurrentVersion=1.0.0.0
AskUserForUpdate=1
AskUserForUpdateDefaultButton=Yes

Each of the fields within the AutoUpdate section are detailed below.

Auto Update settings

Start

Start

Start defines whether the Auto Update service is started or not.

Accepted values: 1, 0

Check Every Type

CheckEveryType

Check Every Type specifies the type of interval DWebPro will wait before checking for an update. The Start setting corresponds to a value of 0 in http.ini while the Day setting corresponds to a value of 1 in http.ini.

Accepted values: 0, 1

Check Every

CheckEvery

Check Every specifies the interval length DWebPro will wait before checking for an update. For instance, if you want that DWebPro checks for updates every 7 days, you have to edit the http.ini file as follows:

[AutoUpdate]
Start=1
CheckEveryType=1
CheckEvery=7

If you want that DWebPro checks for updates ever 10 starts, you have to edit the http.ini file as follows:

[AutoUpdate]
Start=1
CheckEveryType=0
CheckEvery=10

Accepted values: integer

Background

Background

Background specifies whether DWebPro has to run the check in background. If you enable this setting, DWebPro will complete the startup process at the same time it checks for updates.

Accepted values: 1, 0

Check URL

CheckURL

Check URL specifies the URL of the XML document that contains the information of the latest version of the web application (see below for more information about the XML format).

Accepted values: string

Current Version

CurrentVersion

Current Version specifies the version of the web application the user is running. DWebPro compares this value against the one specified in the CheckURL XML document to verify if a newer version is available for download.

Accepted values: string valid for version (i.e. 1.2.3.4)

Ask user for update

AskUserForUpdate

Ask user for update specifies whether DWebPro prompts the user to confirm the check and download of the updated version.

Accepted values: 0, 1

Default Button

AskUserForUpdateDefaultButton

Default Button specifies the default button on the confirmation form for update check and download.

Accepted values: Yes, No

The XML file specified in the CheckURL configuration field must have the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<update version="2.0.0.0">
	<descriptions>
		<description language="english">
			<title>Version 2.0 is available for download</title>
			<text>The 2.0 version is available for download.
Do you want to download it?</text>
			<url>http://www.dwebpro.com/downloads/dwebpro.exe</url>
		</description>
		<description language="italian">
			<title>La versione 2.0 e' disponibile per il download</title>
<text>La versione 2.0 e' disponibile per il download.
Desideri scaricarla?</text>
			<url>http://www.dwebpro.com/downloads/dwebpro.exe</url>
		</description>
	</descriptions>
</update>

The version attribute must contan a valid version string (i.e. 1.2.3.4).
You can create a description tag for each of the following languages: afrikaans, albanian, arabic, basque, belarusian, bulgarian, catalan, chinese, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, english, estonian, faeroese, farsi, finnish, french, german, greek, hebrew, hungarian, icelandic, indonesian, italian, japanese, korean, latvian, lithuanian, norwegian, polish, portuguese, romanian, russian, slovak, slovenian, spanish, swedish, thai, turkish, ukrainian, vietnamese.
The content of the title tag will be displayed in the caption of the confirmation dialog displayed to the user.
The content of the title tag will be displayed in the body of the confirmation dialog displayed to the user.
If the users accepts to download the new version DWebPro will open the default browser with the URL specified in the url tag. You can specify a different URL for each language.