Re: [pde-dev] Automatically update plugin

[Leen Toelen <toelen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

it's for an in-house project using a database. So it is best that
everyone is using the same version all the time. I think forcing this
in the plugin is the best way.

I don't have problems getting the manual update to work, but I don't
know what code to put in the startup method. Right now I have:

	private void launchInBackground() {
		try {
			// Downloads the feature content in the background.
			// The job listener will then install the feature when download is
			// finished.

			UpdateSearchScope scope = new UpdateSearchScope();
			scope.addSearchSite("com.company.feature", new URL(
					"http://url/updatesite/";), null);

			UpdateSearchRequest searchRequest = new UpdateSearchRequest(
					new SiteSearchCategory(), new UpdateSearchScope());
			searchRequest.addFilter(new BackLevelFilter());
			searchRequest.setScope(scope);
			
			UpdateJob job = new UpdateJob("Updating Lims", searchRequest);
			job.setUser(true);
			job.setPriority(Job.INTERACTIVE);

			new InstallWizardOperation().run(
					UpdateUI.getActiveWorkbenchShell(), job);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			LimsPlugin.log(e);
		}
	}

This works OK when an update is available (it still asks whether or
not to install), but gives an error when no update is available.

Regards,
Leen

On 8/17/05, Andrew Ferguson <Andrew.Ferguson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi,
> 
>  I think its maybe better to stick with how other plug-ins work via the
> pull-model (ie the user goes to the update manager to search for new
> versions?)
> 
> otherwise, you could probably check in the startup() method of your
> plugin class?
> 
> http://eclipse.org/documentation/html/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.i
> sv/doc/reference/api/org/eclipse/core/runtime/Plugin.html#startup()
> 
> thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Leen Toelen
> Sent: 17 August 2005 13:33
> To: pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pde-dev] Automatically update plugin
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have developed a plugin and an update site for it. I would like the
> plugin to check at startup time if it is the latest version or not.
> When there is a newer version, it should ask the user to update, else it
> should't do anything. Does anyone know how to do this?
> 
> Regards,
> Leen Toelen
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