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Maxim
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Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  07:24:19 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Every time VAX checks for an update (easy to trigger by changing the checkVersionDate reg key and restarting), it thinks there is one. I have to use a proxy to access the internet so it's possible the false positive is caused by that. If it takes IE's settings it ought to work.

feline
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Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  09:14:52 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Interesting. What happens if you use the button:

VA Options -> Startup -> Check Now

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Maxim
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Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  09:46:02 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://www.wholetomato.com/downloads/CheckForUpdate.asp?v=1557&e=&b=y

Looks like a simple ShellExecute call with a little info (current version = 1557, button = yes). The landing page obviously says "no updates available".
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feline
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Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  11:49:44 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Which is exactly what I am seeing. Does the link open in IE? I am assuming it does.

I just need to figure out how to add a network proxy to one of my test machines so I can reproduce this.

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feline
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Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  1:07:56 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It turns out I really am not sure where to start setting up a proxy server , so I have just put in a bug report for this:

case=7150

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Maxim
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Posted - Jun 19 2007 :  05:58:29 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Setting up Windows to block the internet is not going to be easy. I'm in a situation where a program not using the proxy can't even access DNS. I suggest the return values from whatever web code you're using ought to be be checked more carefully.
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feline
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Posted - Jun 19 2007 :  07:24:12 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Very well locked down then. I have added a note about this to the case.

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support
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Posted - Jul 07 2007 :  12:57:24 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
case=7150: Build 1559 introduces a check to improve this behavior.
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