PPL 2.2 is finally out. You can download it from CleverUpdate.

So I promised a new version of CleverUpdate and PPL 2 yesterday, I know. Sorry but I will delay it for another couple days but it will be for a good cause…

The Windows Mobile SDK is being fully tested and things are being made easier to setup. We have rewritten the debugger TCP/IP engine so that now the PIDE2 is the server and the client is the target application. This will make it a lot easier to setup Windows Mobile devices to connect to a server than act as a server.

Hi,

After the rough start that PPL 2 had, we are now back on track and things are looking pretty good now. There are still issues of course but we are tracking them one by one and fixing them. Here is what you can expect from us in the next few weeks:

• Release new CleverUpdate and PPL 2 today (Friday July 24th)
• Work on the Windows Mobile SDK (fix PCL libraries for WinMo) and release new version (Early next week)
• New component package StringTools (XML, Encryption, Compression, Regular Expr)
• New component package Picture&Sound (JPG, PNG, GIF, MP3, WAV, OGG without game engine)
• New component package CommunicationTools (TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, BLUETOOTH, SERIAL)
• New component package PhoneAPI (Dialer, etc…)

In today’s release we have a new Installation Guide in PDF format. In today’s release we have also fixed the locking of Swirl, Orion and WinMo special features that were not active, this was due to a keyfile not being created/read properly.

We are working on a Tutorial Guide that will be pretty complete as well (should be finished in about 2 weeks).

Even though we haven’t updated DataMite in a long time, we’ve enjoyed constant sales and gained happy customers all the time. But nothing is perfect and DataMite was not, so we are beta testing 1.31 as we write this post. We will have an official release in a couple days.

After looking around at many tools available to create an integrated update solution for PPL 2.0, I have decided to write my own. None could offer the flexibility I needed.

I needed a tool that could support multiple installed products, allow to verify serial numbers on the fly and provide the user with a fast update tool.

I came up with CleverUpdate, a tool that will be sold later by ArianeSoft Inc. It offers the ability scan for installed Product Version Files (.pvi) and check via HTTP (port 80) for Product Update Files (.upd). The UPD files contains all information required to download an update file and install it right away. It also contains a list of serial numbers (not the actual serial numbers but a special ID) allowing to check if the user as the right to download the update or not.

You can have as many PVI files, they can check for updates on multiple URL’s as well.

This will provide me with the ability to offer a Demo version of PPL 2.0 (features limited) and when someone purchase the full version, they will simply have to check for updates via the Help -> Check for Updates menu item. The full version will automatically be available for download when you enter the serial number for the product.

When a customer purchases a PPL component from our store, it will contain a PVI file that will allow for fast and easy updates when new versions comes out.

The product will come with CleverBuilder as well, which allows you to create UPD, PVI and KEY files for your products very easily.

Here is a screenshot of CleverUpdate. The data is dummy, don’t pay attention to it.