Advanced Installer 20.0 Release Notes
On October 18th, 2022 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 20.0 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.
We are pleased to announce the release of Advanced Installer 20.0, a new chapter where we commit to further strengthening our vision of application packaging technology - providing you with valuable knowledge and tools.
The new release brings the Repackager Automation & MSIX Compatibility Framework which will enable your team to convert and analyze a set of applications to MSIX automatically.
The framework will give you an overview of your application portfolio and will help you in defining your packaging and deployment strategy. You will see the status of your applications in the final report, such as how many failed packaging, failed to install or were a success.
To better understand how the Repackager Automation & MSIX Compatibility Framework works, check out the video:
New features, bug fixes, and general improvements are included in the current release. See the full list below.
- Repackager Automation & MSIX Compatibility Framework
- Parallel downloading and installation (with progress) of prerequisites
- Customize running location for PowerShell scripts
Requested by customer
- PowerShell automation support to add "PowershellScriptFile"
Requested by customer - PowerShell automation support to add chained packages
Requested by customer - Security improvement: protect the EXE setups from loading tampered versions of the decoder.dll file
Requested by customer - Synchronize paths written in INI with APPDIR path and setup install type
Requested by customer - New Installer Analytics parameter to distinguish between installs and uninstalls
Requested by customer - "Run PowerShell script file" custom action now supports script parameters
Requested by customer - Improved the "Select a Component" dialog
Requested by customer - PowerShell custom actions are now digitally signed by default
- "Add/SetUwpAppxPackageProperties" command line support for Windows Store App and Modification Package projects
Requested by customer - Generate a new unique folder name for New, Duplicate, and Copy/Paste build operations
- Updated package-related icons and images for a refreshed look and improved rendering on high DPI
- Show warnings on using some Repackager options
- Symbolic link support in MSI Editor Mode
- Synchronize the file extension icon between MSI and MSIX build
Requested by customer - New option to disable WinUI transitions
Requested by customer - Improved fields validation in Repackager GUI
Requested by customer - Improvements for Copy file/folder action
Requested by customer - Predefined prerequisite for Python installer
- Update MSIX platforms to Windows 11 version 22H2
- Update .NET & .Net Core prerequisites to latest versions (6.0.10 & 3.1.30)
- Predefined launch condition for Windows 11 version 22H2 x64 (Preview)
- File search failure when using the "Entire Project" criteria
- The translation string cannot exceed 260 characters
Reported by customer - Visual glitches between dialogs on the Surface theme
- Custom name is still used when the "Register product with Windows Installer" option is disabled
Reported by customer - PowerShell script signing fails if "ProductName" contains double quotes
Reported by customer - Control conditions for the "Styled Progress" control do not work
- The "Synchronize property's value with the value from a JSON file" option displays malfunction on high DPI resolutions
Reported by customer - Invalid input error when pressing the TAB key on the Set Installer Property custom action field
- The prerequisite's search done by custom executable doesn't work
Reported by customer - The custom action from the SQL/ IIS/ Users and Groups browse gets deleted because the focus is on the custom action instead of the browse
- On high DPI displays, the PowerShell custom action execution properties are not clearly visible