Game Launcher Help

Ok, I'm trying to create a game launcher with auto-update function. What I had in mind:

- The updater should connect to the internet and do an md5-sum of the Data directory on a webserver.
- Also do md5-sum on the Data directory in C:\Program Files\Chronicles.
- No match = download remote Data directory.

However, I want this as well:
- When running the md5-sums, fill up a progressbar. So when sums are done, progressbar is full.
- When downloading, fill up another progressbar. So when done downloading, progressbar is full.

When I say directory, I mean the whole directory, not a single file (some people misunderstood that :P). And if it is easier to check the size of the directories, then that is fine too. :D

And please keep in mind I'm a beginner regarding winsocks and APIs. :D

Bump. :(

You have coherently defined a project in general terms. You could implement this in many programming languages on a variety of platforms. If you use Visual C++, and you come across a problem whilst creating your project, you could flag it here, and typically get a useful suggestion or a solution. This forum, I humbly suggest, is for helping and being helped with coding and software system problems, not for project design and realisation.

If you dont know the basics of API and Socks then start reading Windows programming by Charles Petzold. Its a good start