void checkForUpdates ( )

Shows a user interface that checks for and then displays the available updates.

void showUpdateAvailable ( nsIUpdate update )

Show a message advising that an update is available for download and install.

Arguments:

update: The update to be downloaded and installed

void showUpdateDownloaded ( nsIUpdate update , PRBool background )

Show a message advising that an update has now been downloaded and that the user should restart their software should be restarted so that the update can be installed.

Arguments:

update: The update that was downloaded

background: Less obtrusive UI, starting with a non-modal notification alert

void showUpdateError ( nsIUpdate update )

Shows an error message UI telling the user about some kind of update failure, e.g. failure to apply patch.

Arguments:

update: The nsIUpdate object which we could not install

void showUpdateHistory ( nsIDOMWindow parent )

Shows a list of all updates installed to date.

Arguments:

parent: A parent window to anchor this window to. Can be null.

void showUpdateInstalled ( nsIUpdate update )

Shows a message detailing the update which was installed.

Arguments:

update: The nsIUpdate object which was just installed