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| + | #Mac Cloud Edit Auto Update | ||
| + | Mac CloudEdit has an auto update feature that allows a system administrator with access to Access Anywhere VM to control when updates will become available. | ||
| + | Every time that CloudEdit application is launched (e.g. on opening first document) it checks to see if an update is available. | ||
| + | It checks by making an http request to a file at the root of the webserver called " | ||
| + | For example if CloudEdit is being used with example.com the request is for " | ||
| + | For a customer it might be " | ||
| + | It uses the base domain of whatever the CloudEdit URL comes from | ||
| + | It will use whatever protocol (HTTP/ | ||
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| + | The file should contain two lines: | ||
| + | First line: the new version number e.g. " | ||
| + | Second line: The URL to download the zip package of the new version. | ||
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| + | If CloudEdit detects that a new version is available, then it: | ||
| + | * Kills the current CloudEdit.app | ||
| + | * Downloads the zip | ||
| + | * Instructs the users to extract the zip (this may be done by Safari by default but maybe not other browsers) and run the application. | ||
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| + | When the CloudEdit.app application is opened, it copies itself to the USERS (/ | ||