I am also running into this problem.

I found the following statement in the AS3 Reference materials. "The AIR update framework is only supported in the desktop profile. It is not supported for extended desktop applications (applications installed with a native installer), and it is not supported on the mobile profile (iPhone applications written with ActionScript 3.0). Check the Updater.isSupported property at runtime to see if the update framework is supported."

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/air /update/ApplicationUpdaterUI.html

Does this mean that it is not possible to automatically update from within an air application installed from a flash compiled exe?

Thanks,

Brad

Hi, Brad

I was able to run .exe renewal in accordance with "extendedDesktop"

The principle of the following

<Code>

airFile = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(folderUpdate + '/updateCode.exe');

private function StartUpdate () : void {

     ...

                    var npsi : NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
                    npsi.executable = airFile;
                   
                    var nativeProcess : NativeProcess = new NativeProcess();
                    nativeProcess.start(npsi);
                    Reboot.CloseApp();

     ...

}

Close Apllication function

public static function CloseApp () : void {
            var mgr:ProductManager = new ProductManager("airappinstaller"); 
            NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit(); 
}

</Code>

Run .exe through the console and close the application. If you do not close the updates will not start because of the running application.

Everything works, but for me the way the data is not suitable.
Another disadvantage is that the way to run an application can only Windows.

No, only way was installing new version from exe or air directly.

Adam

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the link.  I’m working in Flash Professional, and as far as I can tell the SWC developed by Piotr Walczyszyn is incompatible.  I started reading about using flex compiled SWCs in Flash and didn’t reach a conclusion one way or the other (there were varying opinions on the subject)  but it seems it might be easier to download the executable and launch the installer per Brad’s comment.  I don’t need to worry about version control as that is being handled on the server side—I’m being passed a code when an update is available.

I’m curious to hear your thoughts re the SWC.

Best,

C.S.

Hi,

Using some of Voksel's code above.  I got an updater working.  For my app, I'm passed the parameter that tells the application when there is an update so I'm not doing anything with that but the rest is working.  If someone wants the sample files, I'll make them available.

import flash.events.Event;

import fl.events.ComponentEvent;
import fl.controls.ComboBox;
import fl.data.DataProvider;

import flash.desktop.NativeProcess;

var fileName:String = fileName = "AIR_updater.exe"
var urlString:String;
var urlReq:URLRequest;
var urlStream:URLStream;
var fileData:ByteArray = new ByteArray();

/////**************************************** GET VERSION ********************************************
/////***************************************************************** ********************************

var appVersion:String;

getAppVersion()

function getAppVersion():void {
    var appXml:XML = NativeApplication.nativeApplication.applicationDescriptor;
    var ns:Namespace = appXml.namespace();
    appVersion = appXml.ns::version[0];
   version_tf.text = appVersion

}

  
urlString = "http://someAddress.com/SomeDirectory/AIR_updater.exe";
path_tf.text = urlString
 

downLoad_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, downloadFile)

function downloadFile(evt:Event):void {
downLoad_btn.visible = false
urlReq = new URLRequest(urlString);
urlStream = new URLStream();
urlStream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
urlStream.load(urlReq);
}


function loaded(event:Event):void {
    urlStream.readBytes(fileData, 0, urlStream.bytesAvailable);
    writeAirFile();
}

function writeAirFile():void {
    var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(fileName);
    var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
    fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
    fileStream.writeBytes(fileData, 0, fileData.length);
    fileStream.close();
    path_tf.text = "The file is written.";
StartUpdate();
}

var airFile:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(fileName);

function StartUpdate () : void {
var npsi:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
npsi.executable = airFile;
var nativeProcess:NativeProcess = new NativeProcess();
nativeProcess.start(npsi);
path_tf.text = "startingUpdate.  Closing application";
    CloseApp();
}

/////Close Apllication function

function CloseApp () : void {
var mgr:ProductManager = new ProductManager("airappinstaller");
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();
}