Automatic client updates

Administrators can configure FH Web Edition to automatically update the FH Web Edition client when users connect to a FH Web Edition server that is running a newer version.

When clients are automatically being updated in the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, and a user signs in to the host from a Windows computer, FH Web Edition compares the version of the FH Web Edition client installed on the client computer to the version in the Updates directory on the host. If the files in the Updates directory are newer, FH Web Edition copies the newer files to a temporary directory on the client computer. When the FH Web Edition client then closes, the FH Web Update Client service installs the new files so they can be used in subsequent FH Web Edition sessions. Users are updated on the screen when the new updates complete installing.

A new FH Web Edition client is install through the update client service when the following conditions are met:

• Clients are automatically being updated in the FH Web Edition Connection Manager.
• The FH Web Edition Update client service is installed and enabled on the client computer.
• A newer version of the client is available in the Updates directory on the host.
• All of the files in the new version have been downloaded to the client computer.
• The user has signed out of his or her FH Web Edition client session.

Note: Automatic client updating for users running the ActiveX Control with Internet Explorer 6.0 is not supported. The default location for the Updates folder is C:\Program Files\ACSXerox\FH Web Edition\Updates, which is defined in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACSXerox\FH Web Edition\Updates.

 

Enabling automatic client updates

Updating the Mozilla Firefox plug-in

Disabling the FH Web Edition Update Client service

Updating the ActiveX control and the plug-in