Auto-updating excel addin different options

Question

I was just wondering how the interval behavior works for auto updating.  I understand the default is 7 days, but does this create a scheduled task or something that runs every 7 days, or does Excel have to run to kick off the update?  I was looking at this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb608591.aspx  but it just says it will run every 7 days, what if the user doesn't open Excel lets say for 8 days, will it have run on the 7th day or does it only run if Excel is run.

Also, is there a way to tell an update to not run if not connected to a domain?  When not connected to the network, Excel acts like it is going to crash because it can't access the publish location.  In Excel 2010, how can I manually run an update on an add-in?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi CJM3407,

Thanks for posting in the MSDN Forum.

You can scheduled the interval time of updating by yourself. Please check this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/1zyc39fb(v=vs.100).aspx to see whether it can help you.

Have a good day,

Tom

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