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NETUpdate Administrator and Client
Features List
(Updated 05/07/2004)
Listed here are the features currently included and Features to be added later
Administration Application Current Features
- Application Details extraction
Once you start a new project and select the Main EXE, OCX or DLL the Copyright details, verison stamp and other information is extracted and automatically recorded for the NETUpdate client.
- Scans the source directory for new files added since last time you published your update.
- Choose your own custom colours, font, logo and background images and store them in the configuration file for distribution with your product.
- Compression of settings in the Confifuration file
- Choose the destination locations for each individual file.
- Choose to self register OCX and DLL files.
- Check the look of the Download configuration file before you publish.
- Use sub folders for each version you publish.
- Copies all the selected files to the output folder.
- Creates the Server download file in the output folder.
- Copies the Configuration file and renames to NETUpdate.npf in your output folder.
- Set optimal download buffer size
- Upload via FTP, allows publishing directly to your web server.
- Update file list is in an xml file.
Administration Application Future releases
- Choose to zip selected files when you publish.
- Zip muliple files into one zip archive and record locations and self register details per file.
- Zip the configuration file
- Better Compression of the configuration file.
- More Client Side Customizations.
- Logging of Publish to Seperate Log file per project
- Convert Server Redirect file to use xml
- Include removal of files.
- Update Registry entries.
- Add files from ANY location.
Client Application Current Features
- Can check for NETUpdate automatic web update software upgrades.
- Tailorable appearance via the NETUpdate Administration utility.
- Determine if a reboot is required to instal updates.
- Compatable with Windows98 and above
- Can extract zip files, move contents to specified location.
Client Application Future releases
- Support for multiple applications in one configuration file.
- Decompression of the Configuration file.
- Delete files flagged for deletion.
- License agreement before download
- Fully customizable client areas.
- Update Reason information.
- Sound Support.
- Use of Last Mofied date on files with no version stamp to determine if newer
- Check ALL files in list to determine if an update is required, not just the main file.
ActiveX Component Current Features
- Read Configuration file and allow the developer to extract the details via method calls
- Write to specific settings eg: Download URL location.
- Launch the NETUpdate automatic web update software client application if available in the application folder
ActiveX Component Future Features
- MSN Notification style popups
- Sound Support for notifiers.
- Auto check for updates and unattended Updates
These features are not final and new features will be listed as the are needed.
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