Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Configuration;

using DDay.Update.Utilities;
using DDay.Update.Configuration;

[[AssemblyAttributes]]

namespace DDay.Update.Bootstrap
{
    class Program
    {
        static private ILog log = new Log4NetLogger();

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get the DDay.Update configuration section
            DDayUpdateConfigurationSection cfg = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("DDay.Update")
                as DDayUpdateConfigurationSection;

            // Set the command line parameters to the application
            UpdateManager.SetCommandLineParameters(args);

            // Determine if an update is available
            if (UpdateManager.IsUpdateAvailable(cfg.Uri))
            {
                log.Debug("Update is available, beginning update process...");

                // Perform the update, which performs the following steps:
                // 1. Updates to a new version of the application
                // 2. Saves new deployment and application manifests locally
                // 3. Starts the application
                UpdateManager.Update();
            }
            else
            {                
                log.Debug("Application is up-to-date.");

                // Start the application
                UpdateManager.StartApplication();
            }
        }
    }
}