Components for DUA

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Hello XPe gurus..
This is in continuation to my previous posts..
Does anyone know which components I need to add in order
for the DUA to work? My image was missing winHTTP
component in last case, I am currenlty buring a new image
with winHTTP component in it..can someone tell me if I
need any more components to be added?
thanks
sid
 
Yes, if youre polling a webserver, then you need HTTP. Other than
networking/tcpip/etc. I think that should be it.

Did you disable auto-resolve dependencies? You may want to re-enable it and
run a dependency check to see what components you are missing. btw, I'm
currently working on a how-to for DUA. If you'd like to take a look at it,
I can email you the .rtf file. I don't know if it will help, but it may
give you some pointers on things.

Also, you may want to look at the registry settings for DUA. Check the
documentation for the reg path. Make sure DUA is set to poll on startup.
Verify in the registry that this is configured properly.

Something else to consider is to test DUA on C:\ first. Create a dummy
directory with your .dup file there, and poll that location. See if DUA
polls or not. If that works, then you can try setting it to HTTP.

Dan
 
Thanks Dan..
I have tried all the options you gave me..i did
dependency check and it pulled in all the necessary
components..i have it enabled for startup..i had a
working directory as C:\DUA\Working which wasnt created
after the FBA so I made one manually..no luck still..i
checked the registry enties and they are ok...they are as
mentioned in the document..rest all settings were ok..i
followd the example word by word..I will try and do it
for local polling with C:/ as a working directory..
Can you please send me the doc..my email is
(e-mail address removed)

Your help is really appriciated
thanks a bunch
Sid
 
Does the DUA service ever start? Check the event log to make sure it
starts. I think the DUA service actually creates the working directory when
it pulls down the .dup. I could be wrong though.

I'll send you the doc, maybe that will help

Dan
 
Dan - will your howto cover local updates? Everything I've
seen so far has only covered http updates.
 
It sure will.

There are a few caveats though-- Polling a floppy drive or a CD-ROM drive
excessively will wear out the motor of the drive (eventually). Using a
networked hard disk, local hard disk, or something like a USB disk on key
might be more efficient if the polling interval isn't set too frequently.

Imagine the pain of polling a floppy drive every 20 seconds...

But yes, I've included instructions on using a media device as a polling
location thanks to the comments and suggestions from everyone in the
newsgroup. :)

Dan
 
Hi Dan,
There are a few caveats though-- Polling a floppy drive or a CD-ROM drive
excessively will wear out the motor of the drive (eventually). Using a
networked hard disk, local hard disk, or something like a USB disk on key
might be more efficient if the polling interval isn't set too frequently.
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Why pooling? Floppy capacity is too small to use, and everything else should
have notification (removal, insertion) mechanism, CD, USB, etc.
So you should check media only when it is changed. This require changes on
DUA, but I'm sure that you can manage this it should not be so hard, right?

Best regards,
Slobodan
 
Heidi,
Did you have a specific question? Local updates should just work once you
point to a directory and a file..
-Anil [MS] This posting is provided AS IS. It provides no warranties and
confers no rights.
 
Not really. I'm doing very little work on XPe at the moment, and I just
looked at DUA in a quiet moment. Not really a long enough moment to get
through reading enough documentation to see how the .dup files should be put
together for one thing...

Anil Ingle said:
Heidi,
Did you have a specific question? Local updates should just work once you
point to a directory and a file..
-Anil [MS] This posting is provided AS IS. It provides no warranties and
confers no rights.

Heidi Linda eMVP said:
Dan - will your howto cover local updates? Everything I've
seen so far has only covered http updates.
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