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Re: automatically updating application

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In article <k1ttu3$pe6$1@dont-email.me>,
 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

> On 9/1/2012 2:49 PM, razor wrote:
> > I'm developing application that has to automatically update.
> > Now it works as a windows service (using prunsrv 
> > http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html )
> > I'm wondering if you have any ideas that will help
> >
> > the plan is much about:
> > 1. application downloads update package
> > 2. application runs update package and ends itself
> > 3. update package do update (java classes or maybe a script ? )
> > 4. update package ends and starts application (starts windows service)
> >
> > using java during update is easy/comfortable ? or maybe some kind 
> > of scripts? BeanShell? (i don't want to learn a new scripting 
> > language - i don't have a time for this  ) are there any 
> > advantages of using scripting languages? (over plain java)
> 
> Have you looked at Java Web Start?  (If "Yes" and it won't
> work for you, please describe where it lets you down: Maybe
> someone knows a way to have it pick you up again.)

Eureka! I've always felt that JWS could exert a buoyant force.

Andrew Thompson has helpfully summarized related information here:

<http://stackoverflow.com/tags/java-web-start/info>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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automatically updating application razor <lukasz.tolwinski@gmail.com> - 2012-09-01 11:49 -0700
  Re: automatically updating application Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-01 15:31 -0400
  Re: automatically updating application Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-01 17:15 -0400
    Re: automatically updating application "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-01 18:14 -0400
    Re: automatically updating application Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-01 18:25 -0400
  Re: automatically updating application Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-02 02:12 -0700

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