ClickTwice Update Manager

Introduction

The ClickTwice Update Manager is a standalone library for use in WPF applications to more easily integrate with your ClickOnce deployment environment. It's fully compatible with any ClickOnce network deployment, even if you're not using the rest of the ClickTwice toolchain.

You can install the update manager using the following command:

Install-Package ClickTwice.UpdateManager

This will install the library into your application. The Update Manager is wholly self-contained in a special UpdateManagerViewModel class, that you can either use as a DataContext directly, inherit from, or use as a property in your existing view models. A short summary of the functions available from the view model is below.

Message Properties

These are simple string properties, perfect for binding to a TextBlock, providing key pieces of information:

  • ApplicationInfoMessage - returns a simple summary of current application version and build date
  • DeploymentInfoMessage - returns a summary of the current deployment version and source
  • UpdateCheckStatusMessage - returns a message for the current update status
  • UpdateProgressMessage - returns a message on the progress of any ongoing update operations
  • UpdateProgress - (int) returns the progress of any current update operations

Toggle Properties

These are simple boolean properties, handy for toggling visibility of messages and buttons

  • IsDeployed - true if the current application is ClickOnce-deployed
  • IsUpdateAvailable - true if there is an update available
  • IsUpdateInProgress - true if there is an update operation currently in progress

Events and commands

You can also use these events and commands to control updates from within your application

  • OnUpdateStarting - event fires when an update operation is started
  • OnUpdateComplete - event fires to indicate a completed update operation
  • UpdateApplicationCommand - ICommand for invoking a update operation on-demand
  • CheckUpdatesCommand - ICommand to check for available updates from the deployment source

Full API Reference

Click API reference above to check the full API for UpdateManagerViewModel and take back control of your ClickOnce updates the easy way!