Re: Checking to see if the app is open before installing
Re: Checking to see if the app is open before installing
- Subject: Re: Checking to see if the app is open before installing
- From: Adam Peck <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:02:03 -0700
- Thread-topic: Checking to see if the app is open before installing
The only real issue is they won't be running the current version before they
restart the application. Other issues can arise if you are making changes
to data files that it might be accessing during the installation. It is
normally a good idea to quit/restart but not necessarily required.
Adam
On 20/11/08 3:57 PM, "Iceberg-Dev" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Glover,David wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>>
>> I¹ve been having a look around to find some information on
>> upgrading an app bundle when it is already open on the machine, but
>> haven¹t really found anything.
>>
>> I was wondering if it is best practice to check that any apps being
>> upgraded at install time are closed, and if not, quit the install /
>> close the open app? Has anybody else come across this, or do
>> something similar? Is it really necessary, or is it overkill?
>>
>> I guess it wouldn¹t be too difficult to do in a preflight or
>> preinstall script, but more to the point, is there any point! :o
>>
>
> There must be a point since this is what Apple does for iTunes IIRC.
>
> Though, the iTunes installer does not kill the app itself, it asks
> you to do it and then click OK to continue the installation process.
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