Client Auto Updater! (Beta)

So what would you guys think of a Client auto updater, so every time someone adds a little thing they wouldn't have to just make a new mpgh post. So I thought maybe a application that would auto update your client eveytime they added a new one would be extremely helpful. I am currently working one making it look better and some other bugs, I am not going to release until I finish it. (also I know it doesn't look great but it does its job, and I am trying to make it smaller and better looking

Also if anyone else, has any sort of suggestion of another app or something I could make to benefit private server, feel free to lemme know

Screenies

These aren't allowed on mpgh.

My suggestion would to make it actually download the file instead of taking you to a download page in a mini-browser.

Originally Posted by krazyshank

These aren't allowed on mpgh.

True. But still a cool concept.

@krazyshank I whipped up something a little more towards what I want the finished product to be like. It downloads to wherever you put it desktop, folder etc.

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Originally Posted by sacredmike

True. But still a cool concept.

Thanks m8

Good Job

When you give link?

Looks cool

Originally Posted by sebastianfra12

When you give link?

Not exactly sure, I am still currently working on the overall design and coding. It should be done soon.

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Originally Posted by Lxys

Looks cool

Thanks m8

Almost looks like mine lol

Maybe take light blue text off the buttons? In fact, remove it all together. The blue isn't nice at all... No offence

Originally Posted by Lxys

Maybe take light blue text off the buttons? In fact, remove it all together. The blue isn't nice at all... No offence

Yeah this one is pretty shitty, the full one is going to be a lot better.

Originally Posted by Prince Zuko

Yeah this one is pretty shitty, the full one is going to be a lot better.

Looks nice actually. But maybe when you press Check, and if there is a new update, have it say so in the right, and then when you click download, it downloads it for you like @krazyshank said.

And also, the host, that created the update, how does he send the the data to the player that has the updater? Or does it just check the same url every time? If so that might not be good, since i'm sure the link will change. Unless you found a way to keep the link the same.

Originally Posted by DylanGM

Looks nice actually. But maybe when you press Check, and if there is a new update, have it say so in the right, and then when you click download, it downloads it for you like @krazyshank said.

And also, the host, that created the update, how does he send the the data to the player that has the updater? Or does it just check the same url every time? If so that might not be good, since i'm sure the link will change. Unless you found a way to keep the link the same.

It would have to keep the same URL, I was thinking something like ******* and it just downloads whats in the ******* or something like that...

Originally Posted by Prince Zuko

It would have to keep the same URL, I was thinking something like ******* and it just downloads whats in the ******* or something like that...

Yes, sounds good. I'm guessing you are saying Drop.Box. It (*)'d it out. The rule where your program can't show the internet is a little annoying. I would say make a hotkey that pops up a window, in which the host will put there download link. (OR A BUTTON, preferably easy to access by users, just so they can see where it's being downloaded from, etc, or whatever. The download link will be put into a textbox. You will then make the text in the textbox into a string. If you don't know how to do this it's easy, here(You probably know how,so skip.):
Dim DLLink1 As String
DLLink1 = Trim(TextBox9.Text)
*replacing TextBox9 with whatever name of the textbox is*
I would say put that on button, and also put in where when clicked, TextBox9.Enabled = False, so the link can't be changed.
AND then make the Update button contact, instead of the URL you put in, DLLink1.
For example, I think this is what you did with the Update button:
WebBrowser1.Navigate("http://YOURRANDOMLINKDOTCOMSLASHⓘ")
Instead do this
WebBrowser1.Navigate(DLLink1)
So now the Host can change the download link to whatever.
But then you have the problem with not being able to open up the webbrowser on your program because of MPGH's rule.
Maybe direct download links can be worked in with this? Idk never made a program download a file.
Maybe @krazyshank can help. ^^

Just a idea.

I was aiming to make something like this, but I was coding it as a java application until I hit a brick wall of implementing SWF movies into a Java Application. Nothx.

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