Advanced Installer 21.2 Release Notes

On November 7th, 2023 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 21.2 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

We are excited to introduce a powerful new feature in Advanced Installer: the ability to run .NET and .NET Framework code as a predefined custom action.

You can now leverage the full power of .NET by integrating your .NET and .NET Framework code into your installation, with full access to the installation session.

Use C# custom actions to automate complex configuration tasks during deployment, streamline the integration of third-party .NET components, or debug and test your installation processes with ease.

Watch our video tutorial to discover how to effortlessly add the .NET custom action in Advanced Installer.

New features, bug fixes, and general improvements are included in the current release. See the full list below.

New features
Enhancements
  • Security Improvement: Enabled digital signing for stub files
  • Improved the notification for "ProductVersion" options when configuring property synchronization

  • Requested by customer
    Support for full "Color-based custom frame" editor in Themes view
  • Improved project loading when an invalid active setup configuration is found

  • Requested by customer
    Display synchronization reports in the Command Line Interface
  • Option for "Extracting COM Registration Information from File" in COM view
  • Improvements for "Create a new virtual machine": the console is now displayed during "Opening" or "Powering on”; ISOs are automatically unmounted before a snapshot is created

  • Requested by customer
    Command line support for Shortcut Properties for automatic "Pin to Taskbar", .NET Framework Launch Condition, feature installation behavior, and for minimizing installation time option
  • Improved the build log error messages to indicate when an antivirus has removed the generated output package

  • Requested by customer
    Pseudo-formatted fields now support environment variables

  • Requested by customer
    Property changes are now displayed in the Build Log
Bug fixes
  • Resolved ICE warnings and errors triggered by AppInstaller Theme

  • Reported by customer
    Synchronized folder files are not included in the MSI build when running /rebuild command

  • Reported by customer
    Resolved Stack Trace issue when selecting App Installer preview during wizard creation

  • Reported by customer
    The "Customize Advanced Installer upgrade rules" option no longer resets upon project close and reopen

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed crash when the "Go to selected event dialog" option was selected for custom actions without a sequence in projects previously saved on the Custom Actions page

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the issues where features were being created and displayed for chained packages in v20.9.1

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the issue where setting the "Advertised Shortcut" option from the command line was not working

  • Reported by customer
    The prerequisites status is no longer displayed as before when using v20.9.1

  • Reported by customer
    Service Fail Operation does not get created in the Merge Module
  • Fixed crash when resizing a control and using the print screen feature on the control previews

  • Reported by customer
    Resolved the Uninstall Previous Version custom action issue resulting from the unintended presence of AI_PRESERVE_INSTALL_TYPE in all projects
  • Fixed the issue where the EXE icon was not being set in projects created with a language other than English selected during creation

  • Reported by customer
    Resolved the issue where icons set for EXE packages appeared blurry

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the bug where not all dialogs and text were in Dutch when selecting the "Netherlands" language
  • Fixed "Visual Studio Import" Wizard issues

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed command line issue when switching between UI and Execute Sequences

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed custom action overwriting default registry permissions

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed poor rendering of info icon on Enhanced UI