[wxPython-users] Distributing a wxpy app - central server or each workstation

[Michael Hipp]

Nicolas BRICHE wrote:
> We're actually doing something close to this with an (quite insane) app 
> of ours:
> 
> In a "Launch.bat":
> 
> set REFERENCE_PATH="\\server\share\app"
> set LOCAL_PATH="C:\app"
> 
> xcopy %REFERENCE_PATH% %LOCAL_PATH% /H /Y /E /D /R
> 
> %LOCAL_PATH%\app.exe
> 
> This checks the local app's tree against the 'official' tree on the 
> server, updates as needed, then launches the app.
> 
> Of course, this is a simplified version.  For exemple, we also added a 
> 'lil gadget that displays a moving "Looking for updates" thingy so the 
> user doesn't freak when the app takes more than a second to launch.

Nicolas, would you be interested in sharing your complete version? I've been 
looking to do exactly this and it appears as if you've already solved it.

Thanks,
Michael