Whenever VA Assist is loaded into a workspace, a new Version Check task is created if
one does not already exist. By default, this task is scheduled to execute once a
week at startup to send a message to the Instantiations web site looking for a newer
version of VA Assist than what is currently loaded in the workspace. If a newer
version is found, then a dialog box is displayed providing options for downloading the new
version, viewing the version history documentation, or simply closing the dialog.
To schedule a new Version Check task to be run at a specified time, open the scheduler window, pull down the "Task" menu,
select the "New" submenu, and then select "VA Assist Version
Check...". This opens the scheduler wizard displaying the dialog shown above.
If your web browser uses a proxy to access web pages on the internet, then enter
the proxy host and port in the appropriate fields. If the Version Check task finds
that the currently installed version of VA Assist is the same as the version of VA Assist
available for download on the Instantiations web site, then selecting or unselecting the
"Display a message if the latest version..." checkbox causes the Version Check
task to display or not display a message indicating that the currently installed version
is "up to date".
The administrator's page provides a mechanism for
disabling the version checking for all users if so desired.
Click the "Next >" button to
schedule the version check.
