- Getting Started
- Install wyBuild
- Video Tutorial
- Step-by-step walkthrough
- New release workflow
- Basics
- FAQ (Frequently asked questions)
- Executing files
- Registry changes
- Distribute wyUpdate
- Translate wyUpdate
- Silently Check for Updates
- Silently update Windows Services
- Requirements
- Automatic Updater
- AutomaticUpdater intro
- Tutorial for Windows Forms apps
- Tutorial for WPF apps
- Tutorial for Windows Services
- AutomaticUpdater Members
- Translate the AutomaticUpdater
- About
- Changes in 2.6.18
- Advanced
- Build from Commandline
- Encrypting updates
- Commands and Variables
- COM dll registering / unregistering
- Custom wyUpdate Version
- Download sites
- Limit or prevent updates
- Offline updates
- Override the Server Site
- Proxies in wyUpdate
- Services (start / stop)
- Signing Updates in wyBuild
- Version Numbers
- wyUpdate Commandline
Requirements
Below are the requirements for wyBuild, wyUpdate, and the AutomaticUpdater control.
Requirements for wyBuild
wyBuild manages versions of your software and creates patches from one version to the next.
The .NET Framework 2.0 is the only requirement for wyBuild. If you don't have it, it's automatically downloaded and installed when you run the installer.
Requirements for wyUpdate
wyUpdate is the open source (and royalty free) updater program you include with your software. The requirements for wyUpdate are either the .NET Framework 2.0 or the .NET Framework 4.0. You can choose which one by going to "File -> Properties -> wyUpdate" inside wyBuild:
Which one should you choose (.NET 2.0 or .NET 4.0)?
Both versions of wyUpdate have identical functionality. The only difference is the version of the .NET Framework it uses. Here's how you make a choice which one to use:
- .NET Framework 2.0 version: if you're not making a .NET app, or if you're making an app that uses the .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5 then use this version.
- .NET Framework 4.0 version: if you're making an app that uses the .NET Framework 4.0 (or 4.5, 4.6, etc.) then use this version.
Modern versions of Windows have the .NET 4.x Framework installed and enabled by default, so use the .NET 4.0 version of wyUpdate.
Requirements for the AutomaticUpdater control
The AutomaticUpdater is a free .NET component that's included with wyBuild. With it you can add full automatic updating ability to your .NET application. Learn more about it here.
AutomaticUpdater works with .NET applications built for any of the following versions of the .NET Framework:
- .NET Framework 2.0
- .NET Framework 3.0
- .NET Framework 3.5
- .NET Framework 4.x
Windows Vista through Windows 11
wyBuild, wyUpdate, and the AutomaticUpdater control are fully compatible with Windows Vista through Windows 11 (both 32-bit & 64-bit versions of Windows):
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2008 (and 2008 R2)
- Windows 7
- Windows 2012 (and 2012 R2)
- Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1)
- Windows 10
- Windows 11