FlashUpdate: Features List

Whether you are maintaining a small application with a handful of files or an enterprise-size application with thousands of files, FlashUpdate is the ideal solution for convenient, efficient software updates deployment.

FlashUpdate's innovative features can be divided in the following categories:

• General Features
• FlashUpdate Client Features
• Customization Features
• Patch Engine Features
• Security Features
  

• No complicated installation scripts, no need to remember obscure syntax! Creating and managing software updates with FlashUpdate is a quick and painless process.
  
  
• Forget about those clumsy command-line tools! FlashUpdate sports a highly attractive and customizable Graphical User Interface for maximum productivity.
  
  
• Conveniently manage and keep track of all your software updates with the Updates Manager.
  
  
• Generate a full-blown software update in mere seconds with the File Wizard. The File Wizard compares the old version of your software to the new version and creates an update automatically.
  
  
• Deploy updates to your software effortlessly with the Distribution Wizard. Compile, distribute and publish your updates online with just a few mouse clicks!
  
  
• Create full-featured software updates: Copy, update, and delete files in multiple directories, register and unregister system files, modify the users' system registry, etc.
  
  
• Preview the update process directly from the FlashUpdate environment, so you know exactly what your users will experience.
  
  
• FlashUpdate includes support for different software licensing schemes, including subscription-based licenses.
  
  
  

• Royalty-free distribution to an unlimited number of users.
  
  
• Easy to integrate. All Windows platforms (Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista) are supported from the same executable file.
  
  
• The FlashUpdate Client is entirely self-contained: It does not use 3rd party libraries and only requires libraries which are part of the base operating system.
  
  
• Support for automatic updates: Minimize the amount of user interaction required with the FlashUpdate Client to simplify the update process.
  
  
• The download engine includes proxy support, and supports pausing and resuming of the update download.
  
  
• Retrieve your application's installation path from the users' registry to further speed up and facilitate the update process.
  
  
• Preserve your users' file attributes, including Hidden files, Read-Only files, etc.
  
  
• Support for system files, including self-registered files, shared files and ActiveX components.
  
  

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