Some way to notify user if there is an update would be nice to have.

[LiamKarlMitchell]

[DragShot]

If you would like a suggestion on this, you might store a text file in this repository (say, version.dat) with the version number of the current release. The app could do a HTTP GET to the "raw" url of the asset (open the file on GitHub then look for the button Raw to get such link) and compare it to the version number it has internally. If the number on GitHub is higher than the local version number, then you may display a message.

I think there are a couple of C/C++ libraries that make it easy to fetch files through HTTP out there. I remember using HttpLib for this once.

Btw I just tried this tool and it works for me. Thank you, now I can peacefully bind these extra mouse buttons in other applications without Windows Explorer or my browser getting in the way.

[LiamKarlMitchell]

Thanks @DragShot that is a nice idea, I was thinking of just reading the release version from github.

When a get request is sent to release/latest
GET https://github.com/LiamKarlMitchell/InhibitWindowsEvents/releases/latest

It responds with a 302 redirect, which has a location in the response header.
https://github.com/LiamKarlMitchell/InhibitWindowsEvents/releases/tag/v1.0.2-alpha

So then it should be possible to parse the tagged version out as a string.

As the current version is a CMD app care should be taken to have a short enough timeout as to not block the thread too long on startup and to work without if internet is not available, (I want to make it a windows app in system tray though).

[DragShot]

Oh, that's an interesting alternative. Very clever!

When it comes to update checks it's best not to keep the main thread busy, so you could use either a short connection/read timeout (2 to 5 seconds max), or a dedicated thread able to check for updates independently from the rest of the application.

Also, I agree with the idea of using the system tray as well, instead of only a terminal. Other applications with hooks do this while they run on background, and it works for them just fine.