Advanced Installer 21.4 Release Notes

On January 25th, 2024 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 21.4 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 21.4 is here, marking a significant milestone in MSIX deployment with its new capability to target external application shortcuts to files or URLs.

This release not only streamlines MSIX deployment but also enhances the overall installation experience with real-time toast notifications for updates.

Additionally, it simplifies security protocols by seamlessly enabling the Windows Feature OpenSSH Server. Key enhancements in UI, Azure Key Vault security, and .NET compatibility further optimize the software installation process.

Discover the full potential of External Application Shortcuts within MSIX, featuring a Microsoft Edge use case, by watching the video below.

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

New features
  • MSIX Deployment Streamlined: Introducing MSIX External Application Shortcuts

  • Requested by customer
    Support for OpenSSH Server/Client Windows features during installation
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Encrypt all Azure Key Vault signing parameters in the AIP setup project for heightened security
  • WinUI Start Page revamp for Repackager

  • Requested by customer
    Toast notifications for real-time update status

  • Requested by customer
    Command-line support for revoking and removing floating licenses
  • Upcoming VBScript deprecation notification

  • Requested by customer
    Support file and folder operation on TARGETDIR
  • Update .NET prerequisites to the latest version (6.0.26, 7.0.15, 8.0.1)
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    UpdatePathVariable command failed for global path variables

  • Reported by customer
    IIS settings were not preserved when more packages were combined into a single one
  • Group Box control was not displayed when using WinUI
  • Theme image path was not refreshed when trying to move to the edge of the path

  • Reported by customer
    An unidentified error appeared in Event Viewer for any EXE package created with Advanced Installer
  • Serene theme: The back button was visible on PrepareDlg, TabHost on ConfigureDlg was not correctly displayed if "Use external UI" was disabled
  • Invalid input error when pressing the Enter key on the Set Installer Property custom action field
  • Floating license visual notifications were not working when running on Windows 11

  • Reported by customer
    "Invalid Drive" was thrown when using the "Reset" button from the "SetupTypeDlg" dialog

  • Reported by customer
    Modern context menu didn’t work with all certificate types

  • Reported by customer
    Scheduled Tasks running under the system account were not created on the machine
  • Adding new rows into an imported table resulted in a stack trace/silent crash
  • Crash after the undo operation of deleting InstallTypeDlg
  • The project was not rebuilt from CLI when the ProductVersion was retrieved from a file

  • Reported by customer
    The "Always install prerequisite" option was ignored when the AND operator was previously used for prerequisite searches
  • Set Installer Property Window from New Control Event Window was not responsive to resizing

  • Reported by customer
    The extraction folder was not removed after installation when using a multilingual package on Windows Server 2022

  • Reported by customer
    Removed the environment variable name length limitation

  • Reported by customer
    The registry key was cleaned up at the end of installation when the setup was added as chained
  • Files view search was slow and with no indication that it was in progress
  • MSI Import was not working properly

  • Reported by customer
    Launch application CheckBox overlapped static text control when using WinUI on the Classic theme
  • Stack trace error when using indirection for ProgressBar control on Surface and Vivid theme

  • Reported by customer
    Text Style didn’t work for CheckBox controls on the Air theme with WinUI
  • Custom Actions view glitched when adding PowerShell inline script CA in a solution
  • Packages with the Hebrew language couldn’t be installed when using WinUI

  • Reported by customer
    The registry key was cleaned up at the end of installation when the setup was added as chained

  • Reported by customer
    Silent installation no longer worked with the latest versions when passing properties
  • Crash when selecting the MsiEmbeddedUI table