問題——過期軟件
 有一個問題：你創(chuàng)建程序，在推出產(chǎn)品后每周燒錄20000張 CD，卻又發(fā)現(xiàn)了程序的一個錯誤，或者發(fā)現(xiàn)可以成倍提高程序性能的方法。這該怎么辦？丟棄所有已燒錄的 CD？發(fā)售它們，然后成天面對支持電話？當(dāng)然你可以每次燒錄一次 CD，這增加了5倍的成本，但也改變不了它們被送到用戶手中時固有的陳舊性。

奇跡般的解決方案
 它很神奇——UpdateLive 是一個配合你的程序發(fā)行并保持軟件和數(shù)據(jù)最新的一個工具。UpdateLive 可以在安裝包的最后運(yùn)行，檢查你的 web 站點是否有更新。UpdateLive 可以在開始菜單中運(yùn)行，允許用戶任何時候更新軟件。UpdateLive 可以作為系統(tǒng)啟動項運(yùn)行，每天檢查更新。

對于你來說容易
第一步——在你的安裝包中包含 UpdateLive。
第二步——在 web 服務(wù)器放置你想保持更新的單獨(dú)文件。你也可以添加公告信息和更新歷史。
第三步——當(dāng)用戶運(yùn)行安裝包，就可以調(diào)用 UpdateLive 工具。

對于用戶來說容易
 我喜歡它——沒有 Web 瀏覽器依賴性問題——謝天謝地。實際上根本不需要 Web 瀏覽器。UpdateLive 自己生成 HTTP 連接到你的服務(wù)器，檢查是否有文件需要更新，告訴用戶哪些是最新的。然后，UpdateLive 下載適合的文件，創(chuàng)建一個備份文件夾（從而可以撤銷升級過程），注冊任何所需的 OCX 文件，添加必須的注冊表項，運(yùn)行任何所需的 Exe 文件。

增加銷售量
 這是一個巨大的競爭優(yōu)勢。在你的 web 站點和產(chǎn)品包裝上包含 UpdateLive 的 logo，告訴客戶產(chǎn)品能夠時時保持最新，他們的投資是安全的，并且他們將總是擁有最新版本的升級或補(bǔ)丁。這個特性絕對將使客戶難以忘記！公告信息也可以選擇性地在下載過程中顯示，告訴客戶關(guān)于新產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的信息。

削減發(fā)布成本
制造大量產(chǎn)品 CD而不用擔(dān)心它們會過時。

削減支持成本
 你的客戶能夠自動獲得最新版本的產(chǎn)品，這必然減少了支持成本——任何問題的補(bǔ)丁都可以得到。通過添加幫助文件和其他文檔來回答常見問題，也是削減支持成本的一項措施。

增加新的商業(yè)機(jī)會
升級數(shù)據(jù)——而不僅僅是程序。想象一下在你的領(lǐng)域通過最新信息開展“訂閱銷售”的前景吧。

減少網(wǎng)絡(luò)維護(hù)
 在一個集團(tuán)中，UpdateLive 能夠保證集團(tuán)網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的所有人都在使用同樣最新的軟件版本和數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行工作。Bennet-Tec 設(shè)計的 UpdateLive 能夠滿足自身需要——保證 ActiveX 組件在程序員機(jī)器上是最新的。

• The Problem - OutDated Software
  Here's the problem, you build your application, burn 20,000 CDs and a week after shipping your product, you find a bug, or you find a way to boost performance 100%. What now? Throw out the CDs? Ship them and live with support calls ? Of course you can build CD's one at a time at 5 times the cost, but once they're shipped your customer has built-in obsolesence.
• Magic Solution
  It's amazing - UpdateLive is a utility you ship with your application and keeps your software and data current. UpdateLive can be run at the end of an install kit to check your web site for updates. UpdateLive can be run from a Start menu, allowing users to update anytime. UpdateLive can be run at system startup to check for updates on a daily basis.
• It's Easy For You
  One - Include UpdateLive in your install kit.
  Two - Place the individual files you want kept up to date on your web server. You can also add advertising messages and update history.
  Three - When the customer runs your install kit, you call the UpdateLive utility.
• It's Easy for the Customer
  I love it - there are No Web Browser Dependancies - Thank God. In fact no Web browser is required. UpdateLive makes its own HTTP connection to your server, checks to see which files (if any) need updating, shows the customer what's new. UpdateLive then downloads the appropriate files, creates a backup directory (to allow reversal of the process), registers any OCX's if necessary, adds desired registry entries, and runs any Exe's if necessary
• Increase Sales
  It's a great competitive advantage. Include the UpdateLive logo on your web site and product packages, telling customers the product is kept up to date, their investment is safe and that they will always have the most recent updates/patches. This is a feature customers definitely remember! Advertising messages optionally displayed during downloads will tell the customers about your new products and services.
• Cut Distribution Costs
  Produce CDs in large quantities without fear that inventory may become outdated.
• Cut Support Costs
  Support costs are cut when your customers automatically get the most recent versions of your products - any patches to correct problems are in place from the start. Support costs are cut as you add to your help files and other documentation with answers to frequently asked questions.
• Open New Business Opportunities
  Update data - not just applications. Imagine subscription sales for the latest information for users in your field.
• Reduce Network Maintenance
  Within an organization UpdateLive insures that everyone on the corporate network is working with the same up-to-date versions of software and data. Bennet-Tec designed UpdateLive to meet its own needs - keeping our ActiveX components up to date on programmer machines.