Updater

[hisherwin]

How to create a system that when you click your game application it will run the updater instead?

[WiseRock]

What do you mean. Explain a little more

[hisherwin]

If you double click your game like "Game.exe" your game will open right? What if you double click the "Game.exe" can anyone make it open the Updater instead of the Game?

[Lavos]

why dont you create a form into the source and label it "launcher" and create a mod for it to do stuff. Then you can look at modgenerals and have it do stuff there.

[Zzbrandon]

FOOLS! The answer is so simple your mind's cannot wrap around it. Simply put this into FrmLoad.

```

Private Sub Form_Load()

' If debug mode, handle error then exit out

If Options.Debug = 1 Then On Error GoTo errorhandler

Shell("UPDATER", vbNormalFocus

' Error handler

Exit Sub

errorhandler:

HandleError "Form_Load", "frmLoad", Err.Number, Err.Description, Err.Source, Err.HelpContext

Err.Clear

Exit Sub

End Sub

```

Change UPDATER into your updater's directory basically where it is located.

Example: Shell("C:\Program Files\Game\Updater.exe", vbNormalFocus

This will load your updater before your game updating your game before you have a chance to get to frmMenu to login.

[Lavos]

or you could do that.

[hisherwin]

> FOOLS! The answer is so simple your mind's cannot wrap around it. Simply put this into FrmLoad.
>
> ```
>
> Private Sub Form_Load()
>
> ' If debug mode, handle error then exit out
>
> If Options.Debug = 1 Then On Error GoTo errorhandler
>
> Shell("UPDATER", vbNormalFocus
>
> ' Error handler
>
> Exit Sub
>
> errorhandler:
>
> HandleError "Form_Load", "frmLoad", Err.Number, Err.Description, Err.Source, Err.HelpContext
>
> Err.Clear
>
> Exit Sub
>
> End Sub
>
> ```
>
> Change UPDATER into your updater's directory basically where it is located.
>
> Example: Shell("C:\Program Files\Game\Updater.exe", vbNormalFocus
>
> This will load your updater before your game updating your game before you have a chance to get to frmMenu to login.

How can i make sure that players will wait to update?

[Zzbrandon]

> How can i make sure that players will wait to update?

What do you mean how long it take's to update?

[hisherwin]

Is there anyway to prevent switching from frmMenu when you are updating?

[Zzbrandon]

```

Private Sub Form_Load()

' If debug mode, handle error then exit out

If Options.Debug = 1 Then On Error GoTo errorhandler

FrmMenu.hide

Shell("UPDATER", vbNormalFocus

' Error handler

Exit Sub

errorhandler:

HandleError "Form_Load", "frmLoad", Err.Number, Err.Description, Err.Source, Err.HelpContext

Err.Clear

Exit Sub

End Sub

FrmMenu.show

```

That might work you will have to try it.

[hisherwin]

What Hide means? minimized? xD

[Zzbrandon]

It basically hide's the screen and they can not maximize it.

[hisherwin]

Well then how can it be maximized again?

[Zzbrandon]

Look at end of code FrmMenu.show maximized it.

[hisherwin]

> Look at end of code FrmMenu.show maximized it.

Hmm i found a way , But thanks

[Exception]

You can't update an open program =_=.

Simply name your updater the main file, and either hide away the game itself, or rename it to imply it shouldn't be run, then make your updater use Shell when your update is done.

[Lavos]

> You can't update an open program =_=.
>
> Simply name your updater the main file, and either hide away the game itself, or rename it to imply it shouldn't be run, then make your updater use Shell when your update is done.

oh yea, i forgot about this, He could put the Game.exe file in the data folder(bin) and use another .exe file for the launcher.

[Zzbrandon]

I think he already knew that.

[DMF]

set new updater form as start up in the project properties and then its a matter of closing the form after the update and load frmmain or menu or water it is you want. OR you could have another program and when update is done or none you can exit on exit load game.exe

[Exception]

> set new updater form as start up in the project properties and then its a matter of closing the form after the update and load frmmain or menu or water it is you want. OR you could have another program and when update is done or none you can exit on exit load game.exe

**You cannot update a running program.** Your _only_ logical option is to have a seperate program update said program to run.

Please, don't suggest things if you aren't fully sure of their use, otherwise you will mislead people to believe in something that doesn't work, and you will make it more difficult for the people trying to offer genuine, functional support.