How to run update in the background

[bvn63]

Hi everybody,

Is there a way to run it in the background? That is, it does not display the update window to the user. Even though I have set the winform to minimize when running, it still displays the update window.

Anyone can help me, I appreciate your help.

Thank you.

[ravibpatel]

You can handle the update logic manually as shown here, but if you use AutoUpdater.DownloadUpdate method as shown in the example, then it will still show the download dialog. To remedy that, you can handle the download logic in the event. It will be much easier if you are using installer as an update file. You just have to download the update EXE using something like HttpClient and after the download finishes just execute the update EXE.

[bvn63]

You can handle the update logic manually as shown here, but if you use AutoUpdater.DownloadUpdate method as shown in the example, then it will still show the download dialog. To remedy that, you can handle the download logic in the event. It will be much easier if you are using installer as an update file. You just have to download the update EXE using something like HttpClient and after the download finishes just execute the update EXE.

Hi ravibpatel,
Thank you for your opinion, I have configured as you said above but there is an error that sometimes it does not download the file even though AssemblyVersion is in the application > AssemblyVersion in xml, when I have free time I will check again.
Louis.

var currentDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(Application.StartupPath);
if (currentDirectory.Parent != null)
{
//AutoUpdater.InstallationPath = currentDirectory.Parent.FullName;
AutoUpdater.InstallationPath = currentDirectory.FullName;
}

AutoUpdater.Start("http://192.168.11.71/MYAPP/update.xml");
AutoUpdater.RunUpdateAsAdmin = false;
AutoUpdater.Mandatory = true;
AutoUpdater.UpdateMode = Mode.ForcedDownload;
AutoUpdater.DownloadPath = currentDirectory.FullName + "\Download\";
AutoUpdater.CheckForUpdateEvent += AutoUpdaterOnCheckForUpdateEvent;

private void AutoUpdaterOnCheckForUpdateEvent(UpdateInfoEventArgs args)

if (args.Error == null)
{
if (args.IsUpdateAvailable)
{
DialogResult dialogResult;
if (args.Mandatory.Value)
{
//
}
else
{

         try
         {
                  DownloadAndSave("http://192.168.11.71/MYAPP/TestUpdate.zip", AutoUpdater.InstallationPath + "Download\\", "TestUpdate.zip");
                 Application.Exit();
                 ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(AutoUpdater.InstallationPath + "Download\\TestUpdate.zip", AutoUpdater.InstallationPath ,true);
            

         }
         catch (Exception exception)
         {
             MessageBox.Show(exception.Message, exception.GetType().ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                 MessageBoxIcon.Error);
         }
     }

 }

}