Introducing AppLife Update 5.0

AppLife Update 5.0 was published today and includes many new features.

AppLife Update Server Support

AppLife Server is the most secure and reliable platform to host AppLife Update packages.  With the release of AppLife Update 5.0, App

Enable Cached Update Checking

Previously downloaded but not yet installed updates are now cached locally and can be used to apply an update at a later time even if network connectivity is no longer available.

New Update Actions

Check File Exists

Update Display Version

Install .Net Framework 4.5

Read File/Assembly Version

Custom Update Window Improvements

Support for including IUpdateUI implementation dependency assemblies into the update package.

Save Downloaded Update and Director.Xml Locally

API extensions allow for saving downloaded update packages and corresponding Director.Xml to a local folder.  This extension can be used to implement an updating scheme where multiple local installations can download an update package once and use it multiple times.