FPCUpdateCenter object

Article
08/27/2012

Applies to: desktop apps only

The FPCUpdateCenter object represents the services, schedules, and settings for obtaining updates in a Forefront TMG array.

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.

Members

The FPCUpdateCenter object has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The FPCUpdateCenter object has these 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 has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
BypassSelfProxy	Read/write	Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether to bypass the self-proxy in order to reach the external update source.
Licenses	Read-only	Gets an FPCLicenses collection that contains objects representing licenses for obtaining updates.
MicrosoftUpdateSource	Read/write	Gets or sets a value from the FpcMicrosoftUpdateSource enumerated type that specifies the source for obtaining updates.
UpdateServices	Read-only	Gets an FPCUpdateServices collection of update services.
UpdateTimeOut	Read/write	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 and IFPCUpdateCenter2 interfaces.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista, None supported
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (64-bit only)
Version	Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
IDL	Msfpccom.idl