FPCUpdateCenter Object

The FPCUpdateCenter object represents the services, schedules, and settings related to the update center.

The FPCUpdateCenter object is accessed through the UpdateCenter property of an FPCArray object.

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Inheritance

This object inherits from the FPCPersist object, which contains methods and properties related to the persistent storage of an object's data. They include methods for exporting an object's data to and importing it from an XML document.

Methods

The FPCUpdateCenter object defines the following methods.

Method Description

CheckForUpdates

Connects to all the update services and checks for available updates.

UpdateNow

Connects to all the update services, downloads available updates, and installs them.

Properties

The FPCUpdateCenter object defines the following properties.

Property Description

DefinitionUpdatesSchedule

Gets an FPCUpdateSchedule object that represents the schedule for obtaining definition updates.

Licenses

Gets an FPCLicenses collection that contains objects representing licenses for obtaining updates.

SoftwareUpdatesSchedule

Gets an FPCUpdateSchedule object that represents the schedule for obtaining software updates.

SoftwareUpdatesSettings

Gets an FPCSoftwareUpdatesSettings object that defines the settings for obtaining software updates.

UpdateServices

Gets an FPCUpdateServices collection of update services.

UpdateTimeOut

Gets or sets the time-out period, in seconds, for checking for, downloading, installing updates.

Methods Inherited from FPCPersist

Name Description
CancelWaitForChanges Cancels the registration established by the WaitForChanges method (for use in C and C++ programming only).
CanImport Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object's properties can be imported from the specified XML document.
Export Recursively writes the stored values of all the properties of the object and its subobjects to the specified XML document.
ExportToFile Recursively writes the stored values of all the properties of the object and its subobjects to the specified XML file.
GetServiceRestartMask Retrieves a 32-bit bitmask of the FpcServices enumerated type that specifies which services need to be restarted for currently unsaved changes to take effect.
Import Recursively copies the values of all the properties of the object and of its subobjects from the specified XML document to persistent storage.
ImportFromFile Recursively copies the values of all the properties of the object and of its subobjects from the specified XML file to persistent storage.
LoadDocProperties Provides the XML document's properties so that you can know what information can be imported from the document.
Refresh Recursively reads the values of all the properties of the object and of its subobjects from persistent storage, overwriting any changes that have not been saved.
Save Recursively writes the current values of all the properties of the object and its subobjects to persistent storage.
WaitForChanges Registers to wait for an event indicating that the contents of the object have changed (for use in C and C++ programming only).

Properties Inherited from FPCPersist

Name Description
PersistentName Gets the persistent name of the object. The persistent name of an object is a name that is unique for the object at the respective level of the COM object hierarchy.
VendorParameterSets Gets an FPCVendorParametersSets collection that can hold sets of custom data for extending the object.

Interfaces for C++ Programming

This object implements the IFPCUpdateCenter interface.

Requirements

Client Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Server Requires Windows Server 2008.
Version Requires Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG).
IDL

Declared in Msfpccom.idl.

See Also

COM Objects


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