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BitsUpdater

BitsUpdater is .NET library written in C# for automatic application update using Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). This services are used by Windows Update and are friendly to network resources. Library has GUI tool for generating secure packages.

This project uses SharpBITS.NET library.

Usage

• Use BitsUpdatePacker to create secure update package.
  • You will need to generate your certificate.
  • Select folders and file search options

• Copy package with UpdateManifest.xml to your server.

• Set configuration properties to locate UpdateManifest.xml on your server.

• Integrate BitsUpdater to your application and set your custom update process or use featured ApplicationLauncher example.

Features

• Clean and understandable API

• Network friendly updating
  • BitsUpdater uses only free network resources.

• GUI tool for generating secure packages
  • BitsUpdatePacker is user friendly tool for generating packages with filters for obtaining files from your release folders.
  • Creates secure update packeges signed by certificate.

• Usage examples
  • Project ApplicationLauncher shows how to use BitsUpdater with simple desktop process to use BitsUpdater.

h2 Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP or higher
• Microsoft .NET Framework runtime 2.0 (sources are written in 3.5 or higher)

Screenshots

• BitsUpdatePacker is simple but effective tool for creating update packages