[wix-users] Generating the .feed file for Update Notification...

[Hoover, Jacob]

FYI,
  There is no requirement that your feed be all inclusive.  For my implementation, the feed only exists once I update the software, and even then I only include one entry for the most recent version.  Since I don't display a change log, this suffices for me and simplifies the process.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Anna Flyam | Landtech
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Thank you, Rob.
Understood, but where/when do you generate these files https://github.com/wixtoolset/web/tree/master/root/documents/releases/feeds
that
the static site generator uses as input?
Sorry for these questions. I am stuck.

Thanks in advance,
Anna


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On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> The static site generator uses these as input:
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/web/tree/master/root/documents/releases/
> feeds
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> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On 
> Behalf Of Anna Flyam | Landtech
> Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 2:18 PM
> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Subject: [wix-users] Generating the .feed file for Update Notification...
>
> My managed bootstrapper application is based on Wix toolset setup 
> project (Model/UpdateViewModel/etc), and  I need to generate the .feed 
> file during the build to enable the Update notification process.
> I tested the DetectUpdateBegin/Complete events by pointing the Update 
> Location attribute for my Bundle to the [wixToolset feed URI] and it 
> worked
> :) . There are many ways to generate the feed file, but I am curious 
> to see how Wix toolset team did it.
>
> I am not in the position right now to generate the feed on the server; 
> it has to be done on the build system and uploaded to the server as a 
> static feed file with the release (for now).
> Jacob Hoover clarified the process for me.
> As per Jacob, right now " each official build generates a file which 
> gets published to the site, and then it's processed by 
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/web/blob/master/root/layouts/appsyn.cshtml"
> *Thank you, Jacob!* But I can't do it on the server...
>
> As Rob Mensching pointed out in one of his older post (2013), "Wix 
> toolset generates the feed file during the build and copies it to the 
> location with the installation package",  but I need help to find 2 
> pieces of wx toolset software (maybe < v3.10) that 1. generates the 
> release\[rel_id].html.md file 2. processes .html.md file and generates 
> .feed file and uploads it to the web server
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
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