HowTo AutoUpdate a WebApplication

[Patrick]

Hello

Hope someone can help me with this problem. I made an ASP.NET application,
let's call it mysite.com/myapp. As I have regulary updates for this
application, I want to upgrade the version trough web. What I did is, I
created a new application called mysite.com/update ... when I launch this
application, then it gets the latest files and copies it to the folder of
myapp.

I have now the following problems. I have to change all permissions so that
the update-Application can overwrite the other files. That is ok, but would
be nice, if this can be done somehow automaticly.

But now comes the mainproblem: When I try to overwrite thy myapp.dll it
always says, "The process cannot access fhe file "C:\..... myapp.dll"
because it is being used by another process" - So, how can I solve this. Or
do I have to make it different with the updater? Do I have to integrate it
in the myapp.dll? But think, than it's impossible to overwrite it.

Would be happy for any good ideas & hints
Thanks
Patrick

 

[Guest]

No way you can XCOPY your updates over the existing site?

Or upload your updates to a temp folder and then xcopy them in the right location.

As for your permissions, I made a post about that in my blog:
http://weblogs.asp.net/cumpsd/archive/2004/02/08/69403.aspx

It's about how to set NTFS permissions with C#, maybe you can use it in your updater to have it done programmatory