WINDEV Concepts

164 Part 5: Setup Multisite setup (with automatic update) The multisite setup allows you to install an application on different sites (a site can represent a subsidiary, for example). The multisite setup consists in creating a setup program that will be installed on a Web server. All the sites that will install the application must start the application setup via an HTTP URL. In this case, the setup program will be installed on a server of the site. All the user computers that will install the application must start the setup via the network. This setup combines the advantages of the network setup and the HTTP setup by allowing a large- scale deployment as well as a better control of local setups. Development computer Computer of User 1 Create the executable Create the setup program Setup via setup media Install the application via network Use the application Web server Install the reference version (client setup) Application server Install the reference version (client setup) Setup by Internet Ask for setup (via a Web page) If an update is available on the Web server, the application is automatically updated on the application server.