wyUpdate is the small program that updates your product. You can customize and create the wyUpdate executable from within wyBuild.
After choosing the theme and the language of wyUpdate, you're ready to build wyUpdate:
Clicking the "Build wyUpdate" button creates two files in the output folder:
These two files must be installed to the "base" folder of your application. That is, if your program installs to "C:\Program Files\YourProduct", then the two files must be installed to the "YourProduct" folder.
Beyond that, all you have to do is create a shortcut to the wyUpdate.exe somewhere in your program - typically in the 'Help" menu.
wyUpdate automatically updates itself. This means you don't need to (and shouldn't) include wyUpdate.exe within your wyBuild project. You can, however, include updated "client.wyc" files within your wyBuild project.
Whenever you create new installers you should also always rebuild wyUpdate and include the latest wyUpdate.exe and client.wyc files within the installer.
wyUpdate works with Windows Vista through Windows 11 (including all Windows Server products). Also, the .NET Framework v2.0 (or greater) must be installed on your user's computer.
The .NET Framework v2.0 is installed by default on every Windows OS version we support.