Yeah, you can even add an auto-update feature that would be on my default but can be turned off. Each time a player starts the client it will check if a new update is available and if so it will be automatically downloaded and installed and will preserve any client settings the user set already. Zach On 7/10/07, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Narcis wrote: > > > > Amen, maybe the app should check for updates, but i need to figure > > out how. > > Simplest way is to do a dns lookup to a specific nameserver, > looking for a TXT resource record, the contents of which > is the revision number of the current version. If the > returned RR does not equal the version of the client the > current user is running, pop up a window letting them know > a new version is available, and possibly do an in-line update > if the user wants. > > > > John > > -- > "I'm sorry but our engineers do not have phones." > As stated by a Network Solutions Customer Service representative when asked to > be put through to an engineer. > > "My other computer is your windows box." > Ralf Hildebrandt > <sxem> trying to play sturgeon while it's under attack is apparently not fun. > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/mailman/listinfo/netrek-dev > > >