Re: Replacing EXE file

From: Cruxy (cruxyATcruxyDOTnet)
Date: 01/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:17:38 +0100

> If it exists, I replace my local file with that one, but the problem
> is that on some machines, it replaces and restart the application but
> if verifies agains and think the file is newer again, replace it,
> restart again, replace it and again and again.

The problem is the check for FileDate only. On Copy the FileDate on
local machine may change to current time - always different.

- I'd write the filedate of the exe on the server to a local .ini file
or registry after update. if the version on server is newer then the
version in ini copy and restart.

- A safer method would be to read out the versioninfo of the exe on
server and verify it's newer then the local one. The only thing you
need is to include a versioninfo with your exe incrementing after each
build (see Delphi project options).

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