How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
Are a command in vboxmanage or any exe in virtualbox installation that return the last version number of virtualbox in http://www.virtualbox.org
Or any web page in virtualbox.org that only write the last version number....
For get the actual installed version is easy: vboxmanage --version
I need to know the last version for do a message in a program in VB6 that are a new version of virtualbox...
Thanks in advance for answer...
How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
I know that are the changelog web page:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
But in this web page is necessary check the text and is possible in the future change how write the last version number... I search for secure retrieve the last version number...
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
But in this web page is necessary check the text and is possible in the future change how write the last version number... I search for secure retrieve the last version number...
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
Many thanks Martin, this is what I was looking for!!!
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
Cool idea Martin!
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
Sorry, another question, are a page how the
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... STABLE.TXT
To retrieve the exact link to a windows hosts last virtualbox version and last virtualbox stable version???
Thanks in advance...
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... STABLE.TXT
To retrieve the exact link to a windows hosts last virtualbox version and last virtualbox stable version???
Thanks in advance...
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
Well, I search and are this option:
If the http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT do the answer 6.0.4
And after here are the archives:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.4/
And search for the Windows version...
But are a page that directly and secure do all the virtualbox windows last version links - virtualbox and extpack -?
If the http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT do the answer 6.0.4
And after here are the archives:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.4/
And search for the Windows version...
But are a page that directly and secure do all the virtualbox windows last version links - virtualbox and extpack -?
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Re: How to get the last version number of virtualbox programmatically?
For the "secure" part, you can replace the above "http" with "https", they're usually the same file. And by "usually" I mean that there are two different servers, there might be a difference in synchronizing their contents.JavierReinoso wrote:But are a page that directly and secure do all the virtualbox windows last version links - virtualbox and extpack -?
As for the "directly" part, I think that you mean something like:
being a symlink to the latest directory containing the builds. Hmm... not really there as things stand at the moment.https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/Latest/
First of all, look at your typical Win installer and the ExtPack installer; they both contain the version number in them. As in:
You would need to have something like:https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.4/VirtualBox-6.0.4-128413-Win.exe https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.4-128413.vbox-extpack
for it to work. Otherwise you'd still have to do some parsing...https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/Latest/VirtualBox-Win.exe https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/Latest/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack.vbox-extpack
Might not be such a bad idea. It could mean more work for the developers, but it may be something worth thinking about. I'm moving your post from "Windows Guests" to "Suggestions", because that's what you're doing; you're suggesting a new feature for the download server...
PS. I'm doing all my software updates manually, I have about 100 sites that I have bookmarked and I do a quick scan to see what's new since I last checked about a week ago. I *really* hate the "latest" links, they don't give you the exact version so you can compare. I have to download the whole thing again, just to realize that it's the same version as the one that I already have installed. But I do see your point as well...
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