Deployment Project Version 2005

[unclecake2]

Hi, I have decided to build a custom update program for my programs. I have created a deployment project and it works fine as a stand alone install program.

I want to update the program based upon the version number. My question is how do I get the version from a compiled deployment project to determine if an update is required. What I do is I build the project and copy the .msi and Setup.exe to a network drive. I would like the program to look at the version on the network and prompt the user to upgrade.

For now I am having problems getting the version. I wrote the code and I am getting the version of my VS .NET program not the compiled program.

 

[RiverGuy]

My.Application.Deployment.CurrentVersion

 

[Sorwen]

Unless you want to update everything every time you have an update then you will want to also check individual dlls as well to get version number of a file you can use:

Dim CurrentFileVersionInfo As FileVersionInfo
CurrentFileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("C:\this.dll")

If the file version was 1.2.3.4 then

1 = CurrentFileVersionInfo.ProductMajorPart
2 = CurrentFileVersionInfo.ProductMinorPart
3 = CurrentFileVersionInfo.ProductBuildPart
4 = CurrentFileVersionInfo.ProductPrivatePart

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[unclecake2]

I am not so clear on some things. When I compile my project it produces some dlls. I then create a deployment project with the compiled dlls.

I then have an .exe and a .msi file in my Release directory, which I normally put on the network. I then install that on the users computers. I am not really sure how to compare the dll version numbers, like you (Sorwen) referenced to determine if I need an update.

I am probably doing something wrong, so any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[Sorwen]

If you update based off the exe/msi version then you don't need to because unless you change the default they will automatically have any updated dlls you use in the project.

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