Update your Application Automatically...

What is the Software Update Wizard?

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The Software Update Wizard lets you add 'update over the web' functionality to your applications with literally a single line of code.

It works with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 98ME.

It can be integrated with any development language capable of calling a Windows dll function or, launching a Windows process. It requires any version of Internet Explorer from 5.5 forward.

Your application simply calls a function from our 'wuw4.dll' DLL or directly launches our wuwstub.exe program.  A single line of code in your application is all it takes to initiate an update check...

 

// Sample call to wuw4.dll from your application WebUpdate("http://www.???.com/update/updatescript.txt");
.. or..
// Sample launch of wuwstub.exe from your application
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "wuwstub.exe", "http://www.???.com/updatescript.txt", NULL, SW_SHOW);

(There are other programming language syntax examples in the supplied help file.)

A simple update can be implemented with a 3 line update script on your web server:

 

[1]
Filename=http://www.???.com/updates/MyApp.exe
KillProcess=MyApp.exe


Just upload the script to the 'updates' folder on your web server, along with the new version of MyApp.exe and your updates are ready to go.  The only processing requirement on your server is the ability to respond to standard http: protocol requests.  No additional server-side processing is required as all the logic is executed by the Software Update Wizard on the client computer.

Fully Compatible with Vista


The Software Update Wizard fully supports updates on Windows Vista without causing UAC prompts and also in XP/2000 environments where the logged in user does not have rights to 'Program Files' or other sensitive folders. It also supports automatic updates in a Windows Terminal Services environment.

The Software Update Wizard adds an overhead of less than 300K to your installer if you use our supplied wuwinstaller.exe installer program (which can be run completely silently, using the "/S" command line argument).

You can use the Software Update Wizard Project Manager utility to help develop and test your Software Update Wizard scripts, along with the third party editor macro files we have supplied with the Software Update Wizard.

The Software Update Wizard does much more than just alert the user of an update. It:

  • Downloads and installs you application updates, (even if the user does not have rights to the application folder)
  • Downloads multiple files in a zip and automatically unzips them, or downloads a single file - the choice is yours
  • Advises the user of what is going on in the user's native language (using the Software Update Wizard's multi-language feature)
  • Runs any required processes on the user's machine, either before or after the update has been installed (e.g. the update file is your installer / patcher, the Software Update Wizard automatically launches it once it's finished downloading.)
  • Elegantly closes all instances of the application to be updated (even in a Terminal Services environment) and either restarts them once the update has been installed or advises all users that the update has been completed.
  • Lets you launch web pages to a planned frequency, which can either be used for marketing or product education purposes (independently of automatic updates)
  • Gives you a very high degree of control over the 'look and feel' of the update experience.

Connect With your customers...

 

Email is becoming an increasingly unreliable method of communicating with existing users of your software. In addition to using the Software Update Wizard to deliver software updates to your users over the web, you can also use it to launch news or promotional web pages from your application.  This functionality is referred to as the "Campaign Manager" within the Software Update Wizard documentation. Typical uses of Campaign Manager:

 

  • Keeping users informed of ongoing news of your application, or offer tips which change from week to week.

  • You would like your users to take advantage of a paid-for upgrade to your application and need them to purchase an update licence from your site.

  • You would like to launch targeted advertisements to users of your application.

This functionality is handled completely outside of the usual Software Update Wizard update process, and gives a fine degree of control and flexibility over how your campaign is deployed.

Software Update Wizard Awards


Awarded 5/5 Stars Topshareware.com
Awarded 5/5 Stars Shareup.com
Awarded 5/5 Stars Softpedia.com
Awarded 5/5 Stars SofoTex.com
Awarded 5/5 Stars Sharewareriver.com
Awarded 5/5 Stars at Fileboost.net

Try the demo of Software Update Wizard Today!

 

The Software Update Wizard is a complete, easy to implement, low cost, proven solution.  

Now Available on CD!

 

Software Update Wizard on CDIn conjunction with Esellerate (our ecommerce provider) we are now happy to offer Software Update Wizard on CD. Just include the "eCD" option when you purchase Software Update Wizard and you willl receive a CD containing the program via priority mail.

 

Fast 1.7 meg Download of the full Software Update Wizard Developer Edition (expires in 30 days). Test the product with your software - we think you will like it!

Only $249.95 USD for a Single Application or $999.95 USD for an unlimited application license and get the full Developer Edition version immediately.

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