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This is an old file. For an up-to-date changelog, see CHANGELOG.md and GitHub releases.

June 2016 Steffen Xonna: Forked the library to raise the security and change some handling for an better usability for the user.

  • Introduce an SecurityMode
    • SecurityMode.Unsafe = Is nearly the same like before. If there isn't an Signature or an DSA Key the files will be accepted. If both is present the signature has to be valid. i don't recommend this mode. It has critical security issues.
    • SecurityMode.UseIfPossible = If an local DSA key is available then an signature is neccessary. If both is present the signature has to be valid.
    • SecurityMode.Strict = The default-mode. This mode enforce the avaibility of an local DSA Key. If none is available the updatefiles will be rejected. I strongly recommend this mode.
  • Added support for DSA public key as parameter for sparkle.
  • Added support for appcast sidecar file which contains the DSA signature. Depends on the same rules (SecurityMode) like all other files.
  • Added support for DSA signatures of release note links. Depends on the same rules (SecurityMode) like all other files.
  • Added support for embedded release note.
  • Added support for relative downloads and relative external release notes.
  • Added the possibility to show the form synchronized with the main form. I hope for better handling for the user. So no window in background or multiple windows will be shown.
  • Added better handling of ssl connections (all downloads should use the same code and not 3 different)
  • Added support for custom registry path of configuration
  • Fix: don't accept ssl connections with policy errors.
  • only show versions they match security mode (if signature is needed than only accept versions with signatures or without downloads)
  • Fix: download don't stop if download windows will be closed

23 December 2014 Bluewalk: Since the development seems very quiet, I have forked this project and started adding fixes from other forks into this fork. Also I started to add improvements to the library as well including:

  • Cleaning up the project files
  • Set proxy to use default credentials if available (jimgraham)
  • Prettied up the release notes overview
  • Fixed not showing the installed version and app name in the Softare Update window
  • Added option to make the toast optional
  • Added option to use the NetSparkle icon if wanted
  • Stopped using .NET 4 Client profile
  • Added options RelaunchAfterUpdate (which defines if the app needs to be relaunced after update) and CustomInstallerArguments which allows you to add arguments to the update command line (as per https://github.com/hatton/NetSparkle/commit/2dbaa197633b2624b765ff86b3a619501200580d)
  • Added support for Windows installer patches (MSP)

8 March 2013 John Hatton: Looking for something with a different approach, but found a good start in NetSparkle. Forked with these goals:

  • Reduce (maybe remove) the current "loop" background orientation. Most apps just want to check on launch.
  • Remove dependency on NLog, in fact just removed the whole separate diagnostic window. Now just uses Debug.Writeline().
  • Make UI use application icon based on a single icon input, rather than requiring a separate Image input
  • Make UI less obtrusive, fitting with apps that are updated frequent (like, daily)
  • Enable Markdown for release notes, in addition to the existing html
  • Made the application shutdown event cancellable

3 Jan 2012 Jim Graham: forked NetSparkle to GitHub because I had some requirements for a client program that weren't easily met by the standard version.

  • This version allows for a custom UI instead of the two Windows Forms dialog
  • Allows for one-time check for updates instead of running on a loop
  • Allows for custom configuration objects instead of reading/writing to the registry
  • Refactored the diagnostic to use [NLog] instead of a custom filestream
  • Refactored existing the application to fire an event for shutdown instead of Environment.Exit

October 2010 dei79 created SVN repository on [CodePlex]:

NetSparkle is an easy-to-use software update framework for .NET developers on Windows, MAC or Linux. It was inspired by the Sparkle (http://bit.ly/HWyJd) project for Cocoa developers and the WinSparkle (http://bit.ly/cj5kP5) project (a Win32 port).