How to free resources locked by MUI programmatically for auto-update

[tygre]

Hi all!

I want to implement an auto-update feature for AmiModRadio because it is silly to ask users to download/install new versions of a program designed to access the Internet

Unfortunately, MUI locks resources (and also here) upon exit so how can I programmatically free/unlock these resources?

Thanks in advance!

[tygre]

PS. I could probably call FlushMUI from AmiModRadio but that would not be elegant and, besides, I am not sure that I can distribute FlushMUI with AmiModRadio independently and that it works with MUI version < 4?

Originally Posted by tygre

PS. I could probably call FlushMUI from AmiModRadio but that would not be elegant and, besides, I am not sure that I can distribute FlushMUI with AmiModRadio independently and that it works with MUI version < 4?

I have told you already that FlushMUI is definitely the wrong tool for the purpose you desire, as it will terminate all running MUI applications. I guess the users will not be really amused if all their MUI applications are forced to quit just because they update your program.

I will see if I can come up with a special program to let MUI flush the cached images only. But this will definitely NOT work with MUI3 and there is no guarantee that the images files you are going to replace really can be flushed. If they are still in use then there is no other way than to terminate the applications using that specific image.

[tygre]

Originally Posted by tboeckel

I have told you already that FlushMUI is definitely the wrong tool for the purpose you desire, as it will terminate all running MUI applications. I guess the users will not be really amused if all their MUI applications are forced to quit just because they update your program.

You are confusing me with Retrofan. So drop the "already"...

Originally Posted by tboeckel

I will see if I can come up with a special program to let MUI flush the cached images only. But this will definitely NOT work with MUI3 and there is no guarantee that the images files you are going to replace really can be flushed. If they are still in use then there is no other way than to terminate the applications using that specific image.

Why would there be a need for a special program? I need a programmatic way of flushing resources, will you share the source of that "special" program with me?

[tygre]

Hi Thore!

Sorry to bump this thread but would you have a programmatic way to flush resources? I would need it to create an auto-updating MUI program...

Cheers!

[Saghalie]

Assuming I am understanding what you want, this is the code I use to free up MUI resources:

    MUI_DisposeObject(Object->App);
    FreeVec(Object);

And then I just free up the library and close the program.
Of course I have declared all my MUI resources in struct ObjApp * Object;

[tygre]

Hi there Saghalie!

Originally Posted by Saghalie

Assuming I am understanding what you want, this is the code I use to free up MUI resources:

    MUI_DisposeObject(Object->App);
    FreeVec(Object);

And then I just free up the library and close the program.
Of course I have declared all my MUI resources in struct ObjApp * Object;

Thanks a lot for your reply and your help! Yes, I think that you got what I want to do... I will definitely try your suggestion but "just" doing MUI_DisposeObject(Object->App); leaves the images in the library cache but I cannot really close the library because other programs may use it... Any ideas?

Cheers!

[tygre]

Originally Posted by tboeckel

I have told you already that FlushMUI is definitely the wrong tool for the purpose you desire, as it will terminate all running MUI applications. I guess the users will not be really amused if all their MUI applications are forced to quit just because they update your program.

I will see if I can come up with a special program to let MUI flush the cached images only. But this will definitely NOT work with MUI3 and there is no guarantee that the images files you are going to replace really can be flushed. If they are still in use then there is no other way than to terminate the applications using that specific image.

Hi Thore,

Just to confirm with you that I could do the other way around: wait to update the files after the next reboot and the next run of the updater, i.e., before any file is locked by MUI.

I could test whether any file is locked using:

lock = Lock(file_name, EXCLUSIVE_LOCK);

Would that tell me whether a file is being locked by MUI?

Best,
Tygre

[tygre]

PS. Just to close this threat: Thore confirmed that checking the lock is the way to go