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| <h1>Automatic Update Scheduler</h1> |
| <p>Eclipse Update is able to search for updates to the installed features |
| on a periodic basis without user assistance. The way this search is performed |
| will be configurable by the user via the preference page. Users will be able to |
| configure scheduling and downloading options.</p> |
| <h3>Scheduling options</h3> |
| <p>Each time an Eclipse-based product starts, update scheduler plug-in will |
| activate based on the chosen scheduling. Users will be able to choose between:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>No automatic search</li> |
| <li>On each startup (default)</li> |
| <li>Every day at a specific time (i.e. 3:00PM) *</li> |
| <li>On a scheduled day of the week at a specific time (i.e. Monday 8:00AM) *</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>* assuming the application is active. If the application is not active at a |
| scheduled time and the search is past due, it will immediately start on the next |
| startup</p> |
| <h3>Downloading options</h3> |
| <p>Scheduling options define occurrence of the automated search but do not |
| define what is actually happening when the search is due. Downloading options |
| control this behavior (this set of options is disabled if automatic search is |
| turned off). Users can choose between:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Search for updates and notify when they are available (default)</li> |
| <li>Download new updates automatically and notify when ready to install |
| them</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>In both cases, Update scheduler will create and initiate a search job that will execute in the background |
| when it is due based on the scheduling options. There will be no messages if no |
| updates were found. If there are updates, the behavior will depend on the |
| selected downloading option.</p> |
| <h4>Search and notify</h4> |
| <p>If search only is selected, a message box will open, notifying user that new |
| updates have been found:</p> |
| <p><font color="#0000FF">New updates have been found for this product. Do you want to |
| download them?</font></p> |
| <p><font color="#0000FF">[Yes] [No] </font></p> |
| <p>If 'Yes' is pressed, a Update wizard will open, listing detected updates. The |
| same wizard is used when search for updates has been manually initiated using |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.update.findAndInstallUpdates")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png"> |
| <b>Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...</b></a>.</p> |
| <p>If 'No' is pressed, dialog will close and the updates ignored.</p> |
| <h4>Download new updates</h4> |
| <p>If the second option has been selected (download updates automatically), the |
| search job will be scheduled as before, but when new updates are found, the |
| download will commence immediately. When all the features have been successfully |
| downloaded into the temp. space, a different message box will show up:</p> |
| <p><font color="#0000FF">New updates have been found and downloaded. Do you want to install them?</font></p> |
| <p><font color="#0000FF">[Yes] [No] </font></p> |
| <p>If 'No' is pressed, dialog will close and all the data in the temporary space |
| will be deleted. If 'Yes' is pressed, installation will commence (only a |
| progress monitor will be shown - no wizards). </p> |
| <p>If you choose not to install the downloaded features, but later launch the |
| Find and Install wizard for updating, the downloaded files will be reused |
| (they're cached), unless there are newer versions on the server or you have restarted eclipse. </p> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-36.htm">Updating features with the update manager</a><br> |
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