Topic: Recommended way to allow users to update a distributed MVD app?
Hello friends,
Since a couple of days i was wondering, when my compiled MVD application is ready to send to the first users, what is the recommended way to upgrade their version on their system when an update of the application is ready to be distributed by me?
When the basics are done i would like to distribute it to a couple of friends who are going to use it, i plan on adding more functionality, but the basics would do what it is meant to do, so updates are going to follow.
I am growing some concerns, because i searched around for a bit on the forum and found these topics:
"General update question" http://myvisualdatabase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3098
"Copy DB table to Update DB file" http://myvisualdatabase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3982
It quickly became clear that there is not an easy way to go about this, at least not for me . The general update question thread has some replies by the also very helpful user mathmatou, he provided a script/example program but unfortunately it wasn't attached to the thread, but even then it seems that this should be planned very carefully.
The users that are going to be using my very simple application are also not going to be savy enough to explain how to replace the sqlite.db file etc, it just makes everything loggy and not seamless.
So my question basically is if there is an easier way or a 'one click solution'? Perhaps a recommended way to handle these kind of updates? And if so, would it be possible to explain or attach an example?
Many thanks from me and my slightly worried mind!