| From: | Fredrik S�derberg |
| Date: | 10 Aug 2000 at 20:24:26 |
| Subject: | Re: TCP/IP access & autoupdate |
On 11-Aug-00, Charlie wrote:
>> Hi there!
>> I've been considering about autoupdate feature via Internet but there
>> is some questions without answers...
>> 1) Is there any existing library providing support functions for
>> getting updates from Internet? So I could just check & download newer
>> versions without any knowledge about TCP/IP?
>> 2) If I have to create my own updater, is it inefficient if I use
>> something like Open("tcp:mysite/portnum") -> Write(get versionlist.html
>> http 1.0") etc. instead of functions in the bsdsocket.library?
>> Socket.doc in the MiamiSDK looks too complex for a such small
>> project...
> Im trying to do the same thing. If you go to the AmigaC source
> repository theres a TCP/IP example that contains code for downloading a
> file from a server. You could use this code without much knowledge of
> TCP stuff.
And I still have already done this =)
But it is still not a library yet. Maybe if someone wants to help me do
that it would be great.
It's still in beta or something, and not quite finished.
Welcome to try it out at http://hem.passagen.se/mcdrill/updater/
Download the archive and read the .readme.
If you want the source, just email me.