Hi Zhan, Thanks for the report.
One thing I noticed is that the link below does not work on my computer. Both Netscape and IE have trouble to find the file. However, if the filename removed from the link, the correct directory showed and the file can be found there. I am not sure what is wrong but it seems the browsers do not like the filename (or something else).
First, sorry, I forgot about a weird translation error on our web servers. The address http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/src/ifeffit_updater-1.1.exe will work. (Really, it's an error that only affects files ending in .exe _and_ use 'cars.uchicago.edu' instead of 'cars9.uchicago.edu'. We've been bitten by it before, but I forgot about it).
Once the file downloaded, and installed, it is relatively smooth-going. But I first did that a strange way: I freshly install the Iffefit 1.2.4 downloaded Nov. 9th 03. And I run the updater came with the version (dated Oct-12, 03). I was told two updates available and I decide to go with it. It seems working ok. Athena was launched. Then I quit Athena and install the updater-1.1. And it seems messed things up. First I noticed the new updater was named updater_old.exe (with a recent date). Then when I launched Athena, the old updater run again and did the two updates without progress bar. Upon finishing, Athena launched fine. Next I quit and tried to relaunch Athena--only found out the Path for the '.bat' files were all changed to C:\Program Files\Iffefit instead of my installation directory C:\Iffefit. I did not pursue this too far believing I was doing it wrong way. I deleted (rather rudely) all files in the installation directory and reinstalled Iffefit and then installed the new updater before launching any program. Everything is fine now and no weird thing happened. I would guess no one else will do it my way. But just let you know things might go out of control if run in wrong order.
Hmm, I'm not sure you'll be the only one (but I hope so!!). It should rename the old updater.exe to updater_old.exe, but that it didn't write the new one is disturbing. Anyone else see this? --Matt