Variables

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Inbuilt variables

Drop-down menus allow you to select variables to use in certain options or messages. For example, below is a list of variables that can be used when defining the update server request string.

Note that in the above screen-shot, selecting variables can be used to create more advanced server requests, such as the following:

http://www.AutoUpdatePlus.com/Samples/UpdateCheck.asp?host=%HostName%

In the above request, an asp script at the backend can use the hostname parameter to define what type of update XML to respond with, or it can simply dump the hostname into a database for tracking purposes.

Creating new variables

Select the 'Variable list...' option to pop-up a display of all variables and their definitions. In the variable list, you can Create New variables, and these can be either Basic, File or Registry based variables. In the example below, we create a registry variable called UpdateServerLocation. This variable can then be used to define the update server based on a registry settings that you create with your application installation.