Updater.SetAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates
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Turns automatically checking for updates on or off.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Updater](component_Updater.md) | [6.5](newinversion65.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |

MBS( "Updater.SetAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates"; Flag ) 

**MBS**( **"Updater.SetAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates";** /\* Turns automatically checking for updates on or off. \*/  
**$Flag**) /\* The new flag. Pass 1 to enable or 0 to disable.e.g. 1 \*/ 

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Flag | The new flag. Pass 1 to enable or 0 to disable. | 1 |

### Result

Returns OK or error.

### Description

Turns automatically checking for updates on or off.  
Changing this only influences the Sparkle framework doing the updates, not the FileMaker preferences.  
### See also

- [Updater.GetAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates](UpdaterGetAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates.md)
- [Updater.GetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates](UpdaterGetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates.md)
- [Updater.SetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates](UpdaterSetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates.md)

This function checks for a license.

Created 29th September 2016 , last changed 29th September 2016

  
[Updater.LastUpdateCheckDate](UpdaterLastUpdateCheckDate.md) - [Updater.SetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates](UpdaterSetAutomaticallyDownloadsUpdates.md)

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