On 24 Aug, 14:08, Gilles Ganault <nos...@nospam.com> wrote: > and problems > linked to how to update users' PC remotely when I build a new version > using eg. Py2exe.
Remote update is a problem regardless of language. It typically involves the following steps: 1. Download the update from a server using a background thread. 2. When the program starts, look for downloaded updates. Install updates, then launch the Python app. The problem is that a program's DLLs etc. become write-protected when the program runs. So you nees two programs that cooperate to install updates. But regardless of language you will run into this problem - it is not Python specific. With py2exe, you can solve this using two executables. The first py2exe launch a script that installs updates, then spawns the second py2exe executable. The second py2exe lauch a script that installs updates in the first, then launch the Python app. The Python app then run a background thread that downloads new updates. Sturla Molden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
