Wookiee Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 If one does not regularly open Bandlab Assistant how does one find out if there is an update to CbB. I only discovered there was an update this month because of a FB group I belong to. Yet the update had been released prior to me firing up CbB that day, however when I started CbB I did not get notified as I thought one should be. Does BA need to be up to date for the notification function in CbB to work? A furry mind needs to know. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) There's a "check for update" menu option under Help within CbB: Edited March 21, 2019 by msmcleod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Thanks @msmcleod I am aware of that but sometime when one is busy one does not think to do that. I thought that a function was introduced an update or two back that automatically informed you of a new release.. This did not happen this time round and I was wondering if it was dependent on BA being upt to date as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Just now, Wookiee said: Thanks @msmcleod I am aware of that but sometime when one is busy one does not think to do that. I thought that a function was introduced an update or two back that automatically informed you of a new release.. This did not happen this time round and I was wondering if it was dependent on BA being upt to date as well. AFAIK the menu option in CbB only lets you know if you're up to date or not. You still need to fire up BA to actually do the update, which will in turn check for any BA updates too. I'm not aware of any "push" notifications of updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIBI Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I believe Wookiee is talking about 'Show Update Notifications' setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, Wookiee said: Does BA need to be up to date for the notification function in CbB to work? Probably depends on how old BA is on the machine in question. Likely needs to be a version released around the time the feature was added to CbB. BA has gone through quite a few changes since the initial release of CbB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, scook said: Probably depends on how old BA is on the machine in question. Likely needs to be a version released around the time the feature was added to CbB. BA has gone through quite a few changes since the initial release of CbB. To the best of my knowledge I was running the latest version of BA which had the facility, I know that I got such a notification in CbB previously, but not this time. That is the reason for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Just ran 2019-01 build 27 on Win10 1809 even with BA 5.0.4 not running the update notification toast displayed in CbB. Notifications are set up just like the image in preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurre Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I also got the update notification when opening CbB. Look in preferences / display. Maybe the "show notifications" is unchecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurre Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, msmcleod said: AFAIK the menu option in CbB only lets you know if you're up to date or not. You still need to fire up BA to actually do the update, which will in turn check for any BA updates too. I'm not aware of any "push" notifications of updates. If you use the menu option the notification pops up. On it there's a tab saying update. Click on that and the assistant starts. Just did that. Had to close CbB to do the update. Edited March 21, 2019 by Kurre Addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The notification for updates in CbB are completely independent from BA. We report on updates to CbB itself not updates for BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 What I found confusing about the help Quote Show Update Notifications. This option tells Cakewalk to show a pop-up toast notification at the bottom of the screen if a program update is available. Your computer must have an active internet connection, and you must be signed into BandLab Assistant in order to receive update notifications was the bit about being signed into BA. I read that as BA must be running but that is not the case. What is required is a valid BA login must be stored on disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Looks like the help text is out of date. We'll update it. Thanks for the heads up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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