(09-29-2010, 03:52 PM)Infinity Wrote: I still think it's easier to view the source code manually, it only tells you the date in there, and if you want to know any other information like the version, its probably going to be a one time thing unless they update their version.
Just my opinion
You still don't understand.
This is for an independent application, the entire point would be so the user doesn't have to visit the site and check if there is an update or not, all they'd have to do is simply press a button in the application.
To help you and other people better understand the benefits here's a small example application I created in vb6.
Download:
http://stashbox.org/1008617/example.zip