self-updating

I'm creating a self updating app where I have the majority of the code in a seperate DLL. It's command line and will eventually be run on Mono. I'm just trying to get this code to work in C# on windows at the command line. How can I create a c# application that I can delete a supporting dll while its running? AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain"); ObjectHandle instance = domain.CreateInstance( "VersionUpdater.Core", "VersionUpdater.Core.VersionInfo"); object unwrap = instance.Unwrap(); Console.WriteLine(((ICommand)unwrap).Run()); AppDomain.Unload(domain); Console.ReadLine(); at

Can an app written with .net Compact Framework restart itself? What are some of the common patterns to achieve this? I would like to have a self-updating application that restarts itself if update was done. Of course, I could have 2 .exe: one that updates and the actual app, but I would rather just have one. Absolutely. It's actually way easier to do than on the desktop. If you're using the SDF, use this: var thisName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase; var time = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(11); Notify.RunAppAtTime(thisName, time); If you want to do it manually, you'd p/invoke

Wordpress has the capability to update itself (on admin user's request). Is it possible to implement something similar using ASP.NET? I can see web.config and bin folder causing problems. ASP.NET uses shadowcopy of dlls in your bin folder to allow you to xcopy a new set of dlls and content up to the server without those files being locked. So, dlls and web.config are not a problem. The issue will be around having the process that runs your ASP.NET site have write access to the file system. This is generally a bad idea. You should consider putting this "auto update" functionality into the hands

TL:DR; version ;) my app should run without user interaction (autostart etc works) it should update itself (via apk) without any user interaction rooted devices are possible . problem: querying a newer apk from a server works when starting the apk with a (view?) intent, the "install app" prompt pops and needs a user confirmation How do I solve this without any user interaction? http://code.google.com/p/auto-update-apk-client/ This seems to be a solution, but there must be better approach. I already found this: Install Application programmatically on Android but that doesn't solve my problem.

I am creating a software application that is able to update itself. After the start, the application checks if there are updates avaiable, download those files (assemblies), and then proceeds loading them. However, the problem is when the application is run by multiple users at the same time. This happens when running on a terminal server. The application can't replace those old files, since windows keeps them locked. Is there a simple way to solve this problem? It's a legacy application, and I don't have the time to alter big parts of the application or the update mechanic. A simple solution

I have an executable application setup.exe for Windows that I realized with Launch4j/Inno Setup based on Java. I often frequently release new versions and bug fixes. I would like to know if there is a mechanism to install updates automatically? Inno Setup does not have any built-in mechanism for implementing automatic updates. You need to implement that yourself: Make your application check for new versions (against your application webpage?). E.g. on startup (on a background thread?) If the application detects a new version, make it download an installer to a temporary location. Make the