Auto Update 

This page provides instructions and information for configuring the portal drive's Auto Update utility. The auto update feature allows the portal drive to check for updated versions of the software, download and install them.

 

How to set the Autoupdate URL

When it is started, the portal drive software looks for a URL in the registry key HKLM ® TeamStream ® TeamDrive ® AutoupdateURL to find out where it should check for updated versions. This URL must point to an XML file, the contents of which are described below. This is the same XML file that is used by the Remote Configuration utility.

For a large user base, the AutoupdateURL registry setting is best set using the Remote Configuration utility of the portal drive. For a few computers or for testing purposes, this can be manually added to the registry. This registry key must be a String.

 

The Configuration File

The content of the configuration file looks like:

 

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<wfc-update>

  <latest-version>

    <version>4.4.20</version>

    <location>http://192.168.0.44/ver1.exe</location>

  </latest-version>

</wfc-update>

<config-update>

  <date>3.2.2005</date>

  <location>http://192.168.0.44/u.xml</location>

</config-update>

 

In this example, the latest version of the portal drive software is 4.4.20 and can be downloaded from http://192.168.0.44/ver1.exe. Also, the configuration file was last modified on 3.2.2005 and can be downloaded from http://192.168.0.44/u.xml. When the portal drive software downloads a configuration file, it maintains the date information so that on subsequent checks it can compare the dates to see if it needs to download the configuration file again. The date is arbitrary text and is used only to compare against the prior value that the client had used before.