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BDsoft Updater

Information

  • The BDsoft Updater is a small tool to update programs or other files by the use of "update archives".

For users

  • Download "Update.exe" from the bottom of this page and store it on your computer.
  • Download an "update archive" (see next paragraph) and use it as parameter for the downloaded "Update.exe". Everything else should be done automatically...
    • To use an "update archive" as parameter you may:
      • Connect its extension ".update" to the "Update.exe" and use simple double-clicking thereafter...
      • Drag and drop it on the "Update.exe"...
      • Select it with the right mouse button and choose "open with...", then find and select "Update.exe" and press OK...
      • Ask your local "computer guy" for some other ways to do so... 

For developers

  • An "update archive" is just a simple zip-file that includes all files to be updated and a small ini-file, that tells the program where to copy them. And for some reasons it has not ".zip", but ".update" as file extension.
  • Besides using fixed paths in the ini-file you may also specify registry keys, where the location of the files to be updated has been stored. 
    • If there is no valid registry information, the specified fixed path will be used as a fallback mechanism.
  • As the file format is "zip" you may produce your own "update archives" quite easily. Of course we recommend the backup part of the BDsoft DeskMaster to do so...
  • You may use this software for your own projects according to the following disclaimer & license agreement.

Disclaimer & License agreement

  • The software is provided "as is", what means without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from BDsoft or from the BDsoft web sites shall create any warranty for the software.
  • The use of the software downloaded through this web site is done at your own discretion and risk and with agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from such activities.
  • BDsoft shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use of this software.
  • This software is protected by international copyright laws. You are not allowed to change the programs provided here in any kind. This includes, but is not limited to all kinds of reverse engineering and bit manipulation.
  • Should any of these agreements be or become void, this does not affect any of the other agreements in this contract. The void agreement will be replaced by a new one with the most identical meaning with retrospective effect. If there should be any "loophole" in these regulations, the parties pledge their selves to find and agree on a regulation which meaning is closest to the regulation that should have been placed here.

Additional terms

  • This software is free for personal use. Anyway, if you liked this program and found it useful, please consider a small donation. Thank you in advance! Personal use is defined as the use on a computer which is not used for commercial, institutional or administrative purposes.
  • "Non-personal" users require to obtain a legal license. For conditions and pricing information please contact: Software@BDsoft.net.
  • The software may be distributed freely for personal use. It must not be made available for download by any other source than this original site.
  • Distribution of this software via any distribution medium not completely free of charge (e.g. a "shareware CD") requires the explicit written permission by BDsoft. Without this permission, no one except BDsoft is allowed to charge anyone for the use of the software itself or for providing it.

Downloads

Update.exe (Version 2012-07-30)

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