QQQQ Posts: 5 28/11/2021	QQQQ Posts: 5 Hello again, I notice that not all program getting updates in the same way. Some like FireFox and Tor seem to maintain version 0.00, even the file in the their directory is '0.00.sps.version'. When updates arrived, SyMenu do not update them as all other programs and I dont get notification that there is new update (auto-update in the program is deactivate since I assume SysMenu do it) Other programs like WinSCP, got an update, but SyMenu did not update the program itself, it just update the versioning file from `5.19.4.sps.version` to `5.19.5.sps.version` without update the program itself. I know that because once I run it, WinSCP notify me that there is new update. Is there a place I can find what programs get update by SyMenu and which one does not? also, how to get notification that there is new version for the exist program? I would prefer that SyMenu will update all the programs that can be installed via its menus.
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 29/11/2021	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 Normally a program is updated by SyMenu but in some cases we (me and the other editors) evaluate that it's better to leave this task to the program itself. FF and Tor are two examples. What does the editor evaluation depend on? Some programs have a really good auto update feature that the users find active when they install the programs the first time. Why do the two update methods (the SyMenu's and the built-in one) can't coexist? Because SyMenu can't understand when a program is already updated or not... when it receives the new version information through its program definitions, it needs to update the program no matter what. A successful update is registered by the file you mentioned (x.xx.xx.sps.version) that is the only way for SyMenu to realize the current version of a program has been already in place. For these reasons the answer to the question is: because I want to avoid a double update for the program with an active built-in updating method. How can you realize when a program has an auto update feature in it? It should be simple: you have to leave the default update options as you find after the first installation. For FF the auto update option is on, leave it and everything will work as a charm. If you normally disable the auto update default feature, do a research for the 0.00.sps.version files you have in your SPSSuite folder (and sub) and you'll find all the programs that are not updated by SyMenu. With this list, you can re-activated the built-in update feature or you can force the update through SyMenu.
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 01/12/2021	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 Well I forgot a little detail: the program icon you can see in the suite app list has a little AUT banner on it when the program is capable to auto update. And with the next SyMenu version you'll find a new search filter (:auto) to reach them all in a flash.
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