Re: Whats your strategy for updating your mobile app?

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From: Arvind (arvinds_at_erivasystems.com)
Date: 08/02/04

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    il share what i know.

    MS has the solution for this

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/h
    tml/AutoUpdater.asp

    this is for automatic updating of applications for the pocket pc
    application from server

    if u found out any solution good than this..please share with me..

    as im also looking forward for the samesort of solution in my application 

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Arvind
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"Salo" <nospamplease@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had thoughts / experience they could share on
this
> :
>
> Once you've developed your (killer) application, and deployed it, how do
you
> manage upgrades / hot fixes to field users?
>
> I know MS has a solution coming in .Net Framework 2, but unfortunately
thats
> only for desktop smartclient apps.
>
> My initial feel is to develop a baseline bootstrapper type application
> launcher that could handle checking for updates, and downloading them if
> need be. It in turn then applies those updates (probably just replacing
old
> application) and then launches said app.
>
> But this can bring a whole raft of other issues...how often to check, how
to
> manage critical vs optional updates, possibly managing different versions
of
> the app for different users / varieties of PPC,  and, critically, what
about
> updates for the bootstrapper app itself?
>
> Have you managed to make this process seamless (read: dummy proof) to the
> end user?
>
> Would appreciate any feedback / war stories you have!
>
> Kind regards.
>
> Salo
>
>
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