Re: Re: Microsoft Update and how its done question

According to historical records, on Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:49:42 +0200 Torsten Roehr wrote about "[PHP] Re: Microsoft Update and how its done question": >"Anton Krall" <akrall@intruder.com.mx> wrote in message >news:!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAyt+Udpm8KEiSEdKfabIEWMKA >AAAQAAAAKCDkd0G3WUie2vX6N3VbZgEAAAAA@intruder.com.mx... >> Guys.. Ive been wondering this.. when you visit microsofts update sites, >if >> you click on look for updates, it loads something into your computer, an >vb, >> activex or whatever, and looks into your computer for some stuff to >update, >> then it download and installs it... all showing nice windows, process %, >> etc. >> >> How can this be done using PHP? >> >> Thx for any comments. >> >> Anton Krall > >I don't think this can be done with PHP. You can't access the client's >system. What you're describing is a specific Windows feature that is built >into the operating system. It's not "built in" ... the site loads an ActiveX module that talks to an .exe file that comes with windows. If the .exe is outdated, the ActiveX module downloads a new one ... It's the ActiveX module that generates the progress bar and all that stuff ... but it's the .exe file that does the actual disk investigation.... Rene -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny ~ If you don't like what I have to say ... don't read it ~ http://metalbunny.net/ References, tools, and other useful stuff... Check out the new Metalbunny forums at http://forums.metalbunny.net/