RepExpert Self-update Configuration Guide

RepExpert can update itself automatically every two months by default.

Step 1

RepExpert download auto-update configuration file from user-defined location.

The default location of the auto-update configuration file:
The auto-update configuration file for RepExpert Pro is http://www.lv2000.com/products/exp_upd_cfg.txt
The auto-update configuration file for RepExpert Lite is http://www.lv2000.com/products/exp_upd_cfg2.txt
You can view and change the location, follow thes steps: click Settings menu, click Auto Updates Setting button.

Step 2

RepExpert parse the file, determine is newer version available. If not, go to the End.

The content of auto-update configuration file looks like:

update-file-url=http://www.lv2000.com/products/expupdate.exe
release-date=2005-01-11

The file contains two fields,

release-date indicate the release date of the latest version.
update-file-url indicate where to download the upgrade pack

Step 3

If newer version is released, RepExpert will get location of the upgrade pack and then download the upgrade pack.

The default the localtion of the latest upgrade pack RepExpert Pro would be
http://www.lv2000.com/products/expupdate.exe
The default the localtion of the latest upgrade pack RepExpert Lite would be
http://www.lv2000.com/products/expupdate2.exe

Step 4

If end users restart the computer, the upgrade pack will update RepExpert to newer version.

This section is for network administrator and advanced user.

If RepExpert is install on the computer that can not access internet directly, RepExpert may be not able to download the self-update pack from the official website http://www.lv2000.com/.

To solve this problem, you can deploy self-update pack to your local network.

Step 1

Download the auto-update configuration file( exp_upd_cfg.txt ) and upgrade pack ( expupdate.exe ) from http://www.lv2000.com. then place it on your http server.

Note: you should edit the exp_upd_cfg.txt , changed the "update-file-url" to URL link to expupdate.exe on your local network.
Now, let's assume the link to exp_upd_cfg.txt is http://www.your-domain.com/repexpert/exp_upd_cfg.txt
The link to expupdate.exe is http://www.your-domain.com/repexpert/expupdate.exe

The content of exp_upd_cfg.txt look like:

update-file-url=http://www.your-domain.com/repexpert/expupdate.exe
release-date=2005-01-11

Step 2

Create your installation package.

Unzip the installation package to folder, edit setup.ini , change "update_url" to http://www.your-domain.com/repexpert/exp_upd_cfg.txt
compress the folder to zip file and send to end users.

Step 3

End user install RepExpert using the installation package created at step 2

Step 4

Please check the version of your RepExpert.

Run RepExpert -> Click Help menu -> Click About Button. -> The About dialog appear, please view the release date.

Step 5

Test

End user run RepExpert, click Settings menu, click Auto Updates Setting button, the "Auto-updates" dialog appear.

Please view the location of the update configuration file, should be
http://www.your-domain.com/repexpert/exp_upd_cfg.txt,

then click Test button.
If newer version is found, please upgrade to newer version,
Restart your computer,
View the release date of your RepExpert again.

RepExpert will report the error if update fail, If you need help, please contact us.