i want to know that how can we download file in visual basic silently without notifying users .... its my application update , also how could we create thread in visual basic so that this thread always check for updates and downloads silently
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Jump to PostYou can't download silently because that would violate computer security although there are probably ways to get around that. The only reason I can think of why you would even want to do that is if you are writing a virus or something like that.
Jump to PostI used to do this all the time for corporate apps. It was critical that the users ran the current version of the software so the apps had a front end that would compare the date/time stamps of all installed modules to those on the server. Any new modules were …
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