RR Interchange - Update RR via a USB Media Stick

**xuri** · 05-10-2005, 04:04 PM

i need something how this, but for download music at my carpc.

**Gobby** · 05-10-2005, 04:05 PM

That is in development with the help of some code from Studly_Steve

**studly_steve007** · 05-11-2005, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by UK_MP3Car

If ok with yourself, I may include the code you sent me for the file compare txt files.

No probs, glad to see it going to good use.

If you need any bits explaining or any help let me no.

**tolisn** · 05-20-2005, 12:57 PM

Hey UK.

Any update on this project ?

**Gobby** · 05-20-2005, 01:01 PM

Hey tolisn,

Been doing multiple projects at once, have just updated it to work with updating Freedrive for CdRSkuLL. Doing music next, if I get time this weekend I'll do an upgrade Interchange and release.

**Cobelli** · 05-24-2005, 03:14 AM

Could really use music updating as well as working with rr as shell. Any idea when you might have these ready?

Thanks much
Cobelli

**Arathranar** · 05-26-2005, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by UK_MP3Car

RoyN,

I've just been looking into this, I've found no way of making the USB device automatically run an app on insertion other than having an application on the CarPC itself, if anyone can help with this I'd be grateful.

You should definitely be able to just have the built in OS auto run functionality run an app. Possibly even just a batch file to do the work.

**Gobby** · 05-26-2005, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by Arathranar

You should definitely be able to just have the built in OS auto run functionality run an app. Possibly even just a batch file to do the work.

Autorun won't work using USB the same as with a CD. Interchange is being designed to be much cleverer than a simple batch file. It will automatically open and close RoadRunner, FreeDrive etc, update and then reopen them again. I'm hoping to do some coding on it today and get a release out asap.

**cyrix^** · 05-26-2005, 09:52 AM

Nice.. Please integrate in as standard in roadrunner!

**Arathranar** · 05-26-2005, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by UK_MP3Car

Autorun won't work using USB the same as with a CD. Interchange is being designed to be much cleverer than a simple batch file. It will automatically open and close RoadRunner, FreeDrive etc, update and then reopen them again. I'm hoping to do some coding on it today and get a release out asap.

I thought autorun worked on any removable media. Shame if it doesn't. But if it did, something like this should work:
@ECHO OFF
taskkill /f /im rr.exe
xcopy /S /D /Y %~dp0\RoadRunner\* %ProgramFiles%\RoadRunner\
start %ProgramFiles%\RoadRunner\rr.exe

Add appropriate kill, copy & restart steps for each different app. Obviously an exe talking to RR through the SDK commands can probably do things a lot more neatly

. But still, for a 30 seconds script it would do the trick for me if I didn't have wireless from my car pc to my home network.