[Dx4win] Test version of DX4WIN that updates itself

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Some pointed out a typo below.  dx4win.exe should be dx4wupd.exe

I think I fixed it everywhere.  Sorry about that.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've put another test version of the DX4WIN Data Updater on my web
> site.  I think this version will "update itself" so you don't have to
> move any files by hand.  The program will still exit after downloading
> the .EXE file, then you just restart the program and you should have
> the new version.
>
> I have tested it on Windows XP *only*.  I really need someone to test
> it on Vista and/or Windows 7 (and any other Windows versions besides
> XP).  Please follow these instructions exactly.  Read them all the way
> through once before doing anything:
>
>
> 1.  Make sure you are running the current DX4WIN Data Updater version
> 4.5.  If you are running an *older* data updater (4.4 or earlier), you
> can skip steps 2 and 3 below, but *ONLY* if you have not yet updated
> to 4.5.
>
> 2.  Download the September 12 release (version 4.4).  To test the
> change, we need an older version to update.
>
>     http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater/download/dx4wupd_20110912.zip
>
> 3.  Open that .ZIP file and extract only dx4wupd.exe to your
> DX4W###\UPDATE directory, allowing it to over-write the existing file
> if one is already there.
>
> 4.  Download the new updater from:
>
>         http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater/download/dx4wupd_46b_20111207.zip
>
> 5.  Open that .ZIP file and extract only dx4wupd.exe to your DX4W###
> directory, allowing it to over-write the existing file if one is
> already there.
>
> 6.  Check the file properties on the two files you downloaded and
> extracted (right-click on the file, choose Properties):
>
>    DX4W###\UPDATE\dx4wupd.exe should be dated 12 September 2011
>
>    DX4W###\dx4wupd.exe should be dated 7 December 2011 with a latish-timestamp
>
> 7.  If all looks OK, run the updater program in your DX4W###
> directory.  You should see this banner:
>
>    DX4WIN Data Updater - Version 4.6b
>    Jim Reisert, AD1C - 07 December 2011 22:22:27
>
>    It should ask you if you want to stop and update dx4wupd.exe.
> Answer Y(es).  If it doesn't ask you, start back at step #1 above.
>
> 8.  Let the update complete.  Ignore the message about copying the
> file, and simply exit the updater.
>
> 9.  Start the updater again from the same place as #7 above.  If the
> update successfully updated itself, it will report the last released
> version at the top:
>
>    DX4WIN Data Updater - Version 4.5
>    Jim Reisert, AD1C - 07 December 2011 03:57:27
>
>    You should also *not* be prompted to update the updater program again.
>
> 10.  You may find a dx4wupd.~xe file in your DX4W### directory.  This
> is the old updater that was replaced.  You can delete it if you wish,
> but you'll get another one the next time you update.  I'm pretty sure
> the updater can't delete this file itself.
>
> Please let me know how successful you were.  I would like to release
> this along with the IOTA update fix.
>
> Thanks & 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> p.s. I thought this couldn't be done (updating a .EXE file while it
> was running), but I discovered a "trick" while browsing for an answer.
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us