Check for Update

hhk99 · Post by **hhk99** » 20 Mar 2008, 21:14

Hello,

it seems like it's only possible to check for update with the microsoft internet explorer active. Is it possible to change that behavior, so that the check for updates is possible with the firefox browser or other.
On my maschine, the microsoft internet explorer is blocked for internet access.

Regards
Hans Hermann

Ether · Post by **Ether** » 21 Mar 2008, 22:58

My firewall detects the version checking as coming from the salamand.exe application.

@hhk99] What blocking do you use?

@ALTAP] Do you really call IE in the Check Version plugin?

hhk99 · Post by **hhk99** » 22 Mar 2008, 06:51

Blocking is very simple. Just use a dummy proxy adress and activate it only for the MSI explorer.

Regards
Hans Hermann

SvA · Post by **SvA** » 22 Mar 2008, 09:53

hhk99 wrote:Blocking is very simple. Just use a dummy proxy adress and activate it only for the MSI explorer.

MSI Explorer? msi is the name of the most common type of installation databases used by the windows installer. Did you mean MS Internet Explorer (MSIE)?

Activate Proxy adress only for MSI Explorer You mean you configure only MSIE to use that proxy, not any other program?

Many applications use the MSIE's communication settings for their own communication needs. I don't think there is an API to query the current default browser's proxy settings, so how should the Check Version Plugin determine it?

Unfortunately I did not find an option to configure the proxy the plugin should use.

I suggest you add Altap's site to the list of URLs which do not use the proxy in MSIE's proxy configuration and see if it helps.

hhk99 · Post by **hhk99** » 22 Mar 2008, 13:06

Did you mean MS Internet Explorer (MSIE)?

This is exactly what I ment, sorry for misleading text.

I suggest you add Altap's site to the list of URLs which do not use the proxy in MSIE's proxy configuration and see if it helps.

That is easy, but the thing I do not want. I'm not familiar with windows api's, but as far as I know, using the api will always result in a call to the MSIE.

When there is no other simple sulotion, I'll continue updating Salamander via the altap homepage.[/quote]

Ether · Post by **Ether** » 22 Mar 2008, 15:42

The Check Version plugin takes the proxy settings from IE configuration, so there's probably no way to use Check Version with dummy proxy set.

For more information, look at
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=2047 and
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=579.

hhk99 · Post by **hhk99** » 22 Mar 2008, 19:17

@ether

Thanks for your patience.

I'll do the update manually.

Regards
Hans Hermann