Re: Updating the base NetBeans Platform for my application

Clarification : I answered the question as if you mean for your end users
who has your application deployed. That's how I understood the question.

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Peter Hansson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The short answer is no. You cannot change the core (aka the bootstrap) of
> your application without releasing the whole application again. Just look
> to the NetBeans IDE as an example of this: You cannot use the Update Center
> mechanism to upgrade from NB IDE v7 to V8, not even from say v8.0 to v8.1.
> The Update Center mechanism updates modules, not the core itself.
>
> I bet this is an often asked for feature. I myself would like to be able
> to do not only NB platform upgrade seamlessly but I would like as well to
> seamlessly upgrade the JVM that I bundle with the application. My user base
> is conservative and not necessarily IT experts. Getting them to install the
> application in the first place was a struggle. Asking them to re-do this
> process is painful and I fear I'll loose some users over this.
>
>
> Truth be told this feature would probably have been integrated into NB
> Platform years ago if it was simple to do. It isn't. Write-access is at
> least one of the problems that would need to solved.
>
> Your best bet is to release a new module (or change existing module) via
> your Update Center. In this module you would then alert the user that a
> brand new version is available (with download instructions and so on). Give
> the user a verbal instruction of what he needs to do. People have tried
> automating this but you'll only get so far. You can do the download for him
> and you can even auto-execute the installer-exe you've just downloaded but
> there's - AFAIK - no way to programmatically remove the existing version of
> a NB Platform application from within your new installer. And at this point
> in time your old application is still executing. So, you see, there are
> certain problems that need to be overcome.
>
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Lorthirk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello. My application currently resides on NetBeans Platform 7.4, and I'd
>> need a method implemented in NetBeans Platform 8.1.
>>
>> Is there a way to update the modules of the NetBeans Platform itself via
>> the update manager, or do I have to release a new installer?
>>
>> Thanks!
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