This tutorial demonstrates how to setup a simple software update
scenario for your application. Basically, you use UpdateShield
Integrator (or the provided UpdateCheck API) to
integrate the automatic software update capability to your application by
interfacing with the Updater. Then, you create the Client Side and Server Side
index files, which are XML files that the Updater uses to determine if a new
update is available. The Server Side index file must be deployed on a server
(or your web server) that will be running as the software update server.
When the application performs software update, the Updater loads the
URL of the Server Side index file and checks against its Client Side index
file. If the Updater finds that a new update is available, it uses the provided
link in the Server Side index file to download the update, before installing it
to the application.
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