Re: Requirements/Questions (General questions)

by wodSupport, Wednesday, November 01, 2006, 19:05 (6385 days ago) @ condev1972

Tobias,

let me try to answer your questions:

Question: is the name of the upgrading executable reproducable in
the case the user wants to manually start the update later (not
closing the application then)?
Or is it, that as long as an update is not cancelled, the
application has to be closed (of course) for **immediate** update?

New files have '.new' appended to their name. Once you start your application, you can call 'Update' method to check if your app is ready to be updated (as a leftover from previous run)

Are these overwritable/configurable within the component (if user
is e.g. behind firewall/uses proxy and needs other settings) or
maybe in a later version of it?
Example: core system internet settings may be read-only, but user
needs to manually enter proxy credentials when going outside of
company network.

WinInet is used to fetch resources so that we spare on as much size of the component as possible. So, component reuses same settings as they exist in Internet Explorer

I believe these could be overridden. We didn't allow you to change it yet, but I can check it out and add properties if needed.

How is user authentication handled exactly? I.e. when using
password protected server directory, what happens upon
cancelled/wrong authentication? I do not see an error event or
errorcode property.

Some wininet error is returned. I am not 100 sure which one - you can try it out if you wish. I know *some* is :)

We don't have Delphi samples but can add them in a day or two if needed.

Regards,
Kreso