Take the 2-minute tour ×  I want an auto updater that detect
modified files (by comparing files on the client-side and a
server) and only download modified files. I also want it to give
me its status lively (To show it on a process bar or something)
The scenario is that there's about one thousand clients in a
network, that use same application. If a new version of the
application is available, they all have to get the new version.
But, the bandwidth is limited, so it's not very efficient to
give them a full installer each time. (Which we do currently)  I
searched around a little, and I found IcePatch2. It do the exact
thing I want: Getting the newest files from server when the
patcher is run. But the problem is that clients wrote in C#, and
I can't use IcePatch2 inside my application. (I have to run it
as a separate process, or write a COM or something to interact
with the IcePatch2Client)  So far, the best solution I found is
to get .NET Application Updater Component and customize it to
fit my needs. But I