New catalog - where is the XML file or at least the data

[Meta Cat]

I provide help to many people who do not have Broadband so I need the Catalog
to cope with the size and volume of updates.

I had written a tool which parsed the XML file, sorted the updates into
ascending date and worked out which was relevant to the system - very basic -
Win98 or XP.
It also chose the latest cumulative updates for the regular items - IE, OE...

Can anyone tell me where the information now is?

BTW re: new catalog - I do think that as well as a search we really do need
a way of saying what system we want (i.e. select as well as search) the
updates for - XP, Vista, XP 64 and for me the search would always default to
descending date order.

 

[Ottmar Freudenberger]

"Meta Cat" <Meta Cat@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

>I provide help to many people who do not have Broadband so I need the Catalog
> to cope with the size and volume of updates.
>
> I had written a tool which parsed the XML file, sorted the updates into
> ascending date and worked out which was relevant to the system - very basic -
> Win98 or XP.
> It also chose the latest cumulative updates for the regular items - IE, OE...
>
> Can anyone tell me where the information now is?

You may find the following MSKB articles useful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914791
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926464
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927745

Please note, that in the meantime Windows Update Agent 3.0 has been released.

> BTW re: new catalog - I do think that as well as a search we really do need
> a way of saying what system we want (i.e. select as well as search) the
> updates for - XP, Vista, XP 64 and for me the search would always default to
> descending date order.

Full ACK!

Bye,
Freudi