/// <param name="uri">should contain a valid Uri</param>
/// <returns>true/false if the process started or not</returns>
public static bool TryProcessStart(Uri uri)
{
if (uri == null)
{
return(false);
}
ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(uri.AbsoluteUri);
return(ProcessExecution.TryProcessStart(processStartInfo));
}
/// <param name="filepath">should contain a valid file path</param>
/// <returns>true/false if the process started or not</returns>
public static bool TryProcessStart(string filePath)
{
if (File.Exists(filePath) == false)
{
// Don't even try to start the process if the file doesn't exist.
return(false);
}
ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = filePath
};
return(ProcessExecution.TryProcessStart(processStartInfo));
}
/// Try to start the Windows file explorer on the provided folder path.
/// <param name="folderpath">should contain a valid file path, as its otherwise aborted</param>
/// <returns>true/false if the process started or not</returns>
public static bool TryProcessStartUsingFileExplorer(string folderPath)
{
if (Directory.Exists(folderPath) == false)
{
// Don't even try to start the process if the file doesn't exist.
return(false);
}
ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = "explorer.exe",
Arguments = folderPath
};
return(ProcessExecution.TryProcessStart(processStartInfo));
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks for updates by comparing the current version number of Timelapse or the Editor with a version stored on the Timelapse website in an xml file in either
/// timelapse_version.xml or timelapse_template_version.xml (as specified in the latestVersionAddress).
/// Displays a notification with recent update information
/// Optionally displays a message to the user (if showNoUpdatesMessage is false) indicating the status
/// </summary>
/// <param name="showNoUpdatesMessage"></param>
/// <returns>True if an update is available, else false</returns>
public bool TryCheckForNewVersionAndDisplayResultsAsNeeded(bool showNoUpdatesMessage)
{
string url = String.Empty; // THE URL where the new version is located
Version latestVersionNumber = null; // if a new version is available, store the new version number here
XmlReader reader = null;
try
{
// This pattern follows recommended correction to CA3075: Insecure DTD Processing
// provide the XmlReader with the URL of our xml document
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings()
{
XmlResolver = null
};
reader = XmlReader.Create(this.latestVersionAddress.AbsoluteUri, settings);
reader.MoveToContent(); // skip the junk at the beginning
// As the XmlTextReader moves only forward, we save current xml element name in elementName variable.
// When we parse a text node, we refer to elementName to check what was the node name
string elementName = String.Empty;
// Check if the xml starts with a <timelapse> Element
if ((reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element) && (reader.Name == Constant.VersionXml.Timelapse))
{
// Read the various elements and their associated contents
while (reader.Read())
{
// when we find an element node, we remember its name
if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
elementName = reader.Name;
}
else
{
// for text nodes...
if ((reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text) && reader.HasValue)
{
// we check what the name of the node was
switch (elementName)
{
case Constant.VersionXml.Version:
// we keep the version info in xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format as the Version class does the parsing for us
latestVersionNumber = new Version(reader.Value);
break;
case Constant.VersionXml.Url:
url = reader.Value;
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(false);
}
finally
{
if (reader != null)
{
reader.Close();
}
}
// get the running version
Version currentVersionNumber = VersionChecks.GetTimelapseCurrentVersionNumber();
// compare the versions
if (currentVersionNumber < latestVersionNumber)
{
NewVersionNotification newVersionNotification = new NewVersionNotification(this.window, this.applicationName, currentVersionNumber, latestVersionNumber);
bool?result = newVersionNotification.ShowDialog();
if (result == true)
{
// navigate the default web browser to our app homepage (the url comes from the xml content)
ProcessExecution.TryProcessStart(new Uri(url));
}
}
else if (showNoUpdatesMessage)
{
Dialogs.NoUpdatesAvailableDialog(Application.Current.MainWindow, this.applicationName, currentVersionNumber);
}
return(true);
}