Check for Online updates and Plugins

[Nicolas D.]

Hi,

Question for Marco regarding plugins and the Check Online updates.
What is the way to:
* Set "Your Version" properly to show in that screen? (My plugin show 1.0.0.0 without variation here)
* Do you plan to add to the API ability to provide URL so we can check if an update exists (what what is the output expected, some sort of XML message?), as well as the URL for Info and Download.

Those would help plug in developers to let people know there is an update.

Thanks

 

[Marco Kalter]

The installed Plug-In version is taken from the version information of the DLL.

The Plug-In version on the server is taken from a version file on the server that we update when a new Plug-In version is uploaded.

These 2 are compared during the update check.

 

[Nicolas D.]

Thanks Marco.

But how can we define our own server file and have our plugin to tell PL/SQL Developer to look at that file so PL/SQL Developer can notify for an update?

Thanks

 

[Marco Kalter]

This is possible if we add the version information of your Plug-In to the Plug-In version information file on our server.

 

[Nicolas D.]

Marco,

it would be a nightmare for you if all developer have to do that.
Could you consider the following improvement on that area:

- Provide a template file format to use and store on any server we want.
- Add a Plugin API function "RegisterUpdateCheck(PlugInID, URL)" for our plugin to register the location of that file (Something like that)

If that API is called, the "Check for update" will download the file at provided URL and validate the version here for every URL registered from plugins, in addition to the default one.

That way, each developer can manage on its own side, would be better for you.

Our plugin is internal only, we cannot publish anything about it externally.

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added this to the list of enhancement requests.