UpTool2

Downloading software from online repos since 2019

How to automate UpTool2 deployments

You will want the assembly version to automatically increment. To achieve this you have to add this:
<Deterministic>false</Deterministic>
to your csproj in the main PropertyGroup and change your AssemblyVersion to 1.0.* or something like this
Now you can add this
if exist "$(SolutionDir)Data\pkgtool.exe" ($(SolutionDir)Data\pkgtool.exe build --noLogo --binDir .) else if exist "%appdata%\UpTool2\Apps\0e35d154-d0d3-45e0-b080-62f521263a44\app\pkgtool.exe" ("%appdata%\UpTool2\Apps\0e35d154-d0d3-45e0-b080-62f521263a44\app\pkgtool.exe" build --noLogo --binDir .) else echo Cound not find Package build tools, skipping
as a PostBuild event to automatically run pkgtool. Customize this if you need to.
For GitHub actions I wrote this.
If you copy it, make sure to replace the descriptions and ID under the Generate XML step
You can also add something like this to your Readme:
(Look at the source for the MD Code)

Folder layout

• %APPDATA%\UpTool2
  • Apps
    • __APPGUID
      • info.xml Local copy of some app information, like this but missing ID, File, Hash, Platform and Icon
      • package.zip The package that was downloaded on install
      • app The app install path
        • __APPFILES Copy of the app files from above, may contain user-configs
  • info.xml File used by UpTool2 for saving info
    • Version The installed version. Not used anymore
    • Repos The list of package repos
      • __REPO A repository
        • Name The display name of the repository
        • Link The source of the repo xml
    • Local Repo A preprocessed copy of the online repos
      • __APP A normal app with the icon processed as Base64
  • Install The folder containing the actual tool
    • __ZIP CONTENTS The app files
    • tmp A temporary folder used during updates
      • __FILES FOR UPDATE The downloaded update files

Repo layout

• repo The main repo tag
  • __APPLINK Links to external app XMLs
  • __REPOLINK Links to external repos
  • __APP Apps

App layout

• app
  • Name Name of the application
  • Description Description that gets displayed on the right panel
  • Version Version for update checking, might get removed
  • ID The Guid used for identification
  • File A link to the package file
  • Hash The files SHA256 Hash
  • Icon The apps icon, (optional)
  • MainFile Main binary, used for starting, (optional)
  • Platform The platform this works on (optional, defaults to current)

Package layout

• Install.bat The script for installing the app
• Remove.bat The script for removing the app
• Data The folder containing binaries
  • __APPFILES The binaries