Here is a code that will contact a textfile and read it to update just change it to write to the file normally this was made for updates and uses dropbox a file hosting program it was hosting the text file.
Public Sub CheckForUpdates()
Dim request As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(our txt file link here)
Dim response As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse() Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetRespoonseStream()) Dim newestversion As String = sr.ReadToEnd() Dim currentversion As String = Application.ProductVersion If newestversion.Contains(currentversion) Then msgbox (You are up todate) Else msgbox (There is a new update we will download it now for you.) system.diagnostics.process.start (New link)
End If