Landisc™ Updater
The Landisc™ Updater is a command line utility that resides in all of the computers' Windows® directories that Landisc™ has been installed on. It is used by all of the Landisc™ applications to maintain version control.
All Landisc™ applications will look in 3 directories to find the latest revision:
- The default application directory (the application itself)
- C:\CLT\LANDISC\NEWTOWN\UPDATES directory
- The Landisc™ project's updates directory
A newer revison of the Landisc™ application can be placed in any of the 3 locations. When the application is launched it immediately looks in all 3 locations and determines which one is the most current.
If the application sees that there is a newer application in one of the other 2 locations, it will tell the Landisc™ Updater. At that time the Landisc™ Updater will execute and the Landisc™ application that invokes it will terminate. Then the Landisc™ Updater updates the application in the default application directory. After the Landisc™ application is updated, the Landisc™ Updater will relaunch the Landisc™ application and then terminate itself. Determining on your network speed, you may or may not see the Updating window as it is updating the Landisc™ application.
If the application sees that either of the other 2 locations has an older revision it will then overwrite the older application(s) with the new one.
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