The Action Updater / The Resource Actions Installer

The Action Updater and the Resource Actions Installer are the same process and display the same UI. The only difference is that the Resource Actions Installer always displays the full list of currently available actions on Yate's web resources page. The Action Updater only displays those actions already installed which have updates or a specific targeted list of actions.

The term action is used loosely as it always implies a download available on the resources page. Many times a single download includes multiple actions.

Note an installed action is deemed updatable based on an action's version number or missing dependencies. If you change the contents of an installed action, the updater will not know that the action has been modified.

Actions are displayed in the table in descending order of the date they were published. The following columns are displayed:

Install

When checked, the associated action will be downloaded and installed when the Install Checked Actions button is selected.

Status

This column displays the reason that the row is displayed. The column header has a tooltip which describes the following status values:

↓

An update is available for an installed action.

✓

The action is currently installed and seems to be up to date.

・

The action is not installed but is available.

×

The action cannot be installed or updated as it requires a newer version of Yate.

Requires

This column will be empty unless the Status column displays ×. If this is the case the column will display the minimum required Yate version.

Date

The date the action was posted to Yate's web resources page.

Version

The version of the action.

Name

The name of the action.

Documentation

Click on the View button to see the online documentation associated with the action.

While you can manually select which items, if any, you want to install, you can also use the table's context menu to perform various multiple item selections. The context menu has the following items:

Install All

Check the Install column for all rows.

Clear All

Clear the Install column for all rows.

Install Selected

Check the Install column for all selected rows.

Clear Selected

Clear the Install column for all selected rows.

Install Status

Select a Status column type and check the Install column for all rows with the same status type.

Clear Status

Select a Status column type and clear the Install column for all rows with the same status type.

Select Status

Select a Status column type and select all rows which have the same status type.

You can use the search bar at the top of the panel to do a case insensitive search for text in the Name column.

You can choose to update the entire list or only those actions which are checked in the Install column.

When actions are installed by this process, only the actions are updated. Any other components associated with the actions are only installed if they are missing. This means that any customization you performed will not be lost. Custom field definitions are always validated and confirmed if they differ.

The updating process can be cancelled via the Cancel toolbar button or via File>Cancel.