| Syntax |
rootUpdates.update (adrInRoot, flQuietMode=false)
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| Params |
adrInRoot is the address of an object in the object database to be updated.
flQuietMode is an optional boolean parameter. If it's true, all user interaction will be suppressed.
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| Action |
Connects to the server associated with this database and gets the latest new and changed parts.
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| Returns |
True if the update was successful. Generates a scriptError if there are errors that cause the update to fail.
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| Examples |
rootUpdates.update (@root) //Update Frontier.root
//true
rootUpdates.update (@mainResponder) //Update a guest database
//true
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| Notes |
Every database that can be updated should have a table in user.rootUpdates.servers.
Each table should contain the following:
- autobackup: true to backup the database before updating.
- dbname: the name of the object database.
- dialogs: true to present dialogs while updating.
- lastUpdate: gets set to the last time the database was updated.
- method: the XML-RPC method to call when updating.
- port: the port number the XML-RPC server is listening on. (Usually 80, the default HTTP port).
- serialNum: gets set to the serial number of the last update.
- server: the hostname or IP address of the XML-RPC updates server.
- URL: the URL of the log of new and changed parts, if any.
Starting with Frontier 6.1, if you have user.prefs.rootUpdates.flShowUpdatesToUser set true, a complete list of updated parts will be kept in an outline. Details are here.
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| See Also |
rootUpdates.threadedUpdate
betty.rpc.client
tcp.httpClient
How to Update Frontier.root.
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