This may not be possible, but I'm running a program, say App.exe. I've
written a simple updater where App.exe goes to a URL and from there,
finds updated versions of itself (if any). The user selects one, and
the App.exe is then able to download the latest App.exe. I'd like to
make this painless for the user and run it like how other programs
(like Firefox) do it: to simply pop up a box that says 'Restart
App.exe', and it then restarts with the updated code.
The problem I'm having is although I can get the raw data from the new
App.exe (using DataSocket, and the trick where you add "[text]" to the
URL), but I can't save it as App.exe due to a file permission error
(makes sense, as App.exe is currently locked since it's running). I
can save it as something esle (like App2.exe) though.
And once I'm able to copy the file correctly (if that's possible), does
anyone know how to restart a program? I might just have to come up
withi a program that copies App2.exe to App.exe, but I'll have to run
that from App.exe, then have App.exe close.
If anyone has any ideas, just let me know. The other option is to just
write a batch file that copies one program to the other, and give the
user very explicit instructions. But if it's possible to avoid that,
that would be a nice feature.
Thanks!
-- Rick
