Advanced Installer 21.6 Release Notes

On April 4th, 2024 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 21.6 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 21.6 is out, bringing essential updates and improvements to streamline your software packaging and deployment workflows. This release introduces custom context menu for file associations installed via MSIX, simplifying user interactions with your applications.

Our latest update also includes a build log warning for untranslated strings in multi-language projects, helping you maintain consistency across different languages. We've refined the user experience by suppressing unnecessary notifications during the uninstallation of older software versions.

Additionally, the update extends support for the latest OpenJDK bundles for macOS and the most recent .NET versions across various machines, ensuring your applications are always running on the latest technology stack.

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

New features
  • Custom context menu for file associations installed via MSIX
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Predefined Prerequisite for .NET on ARM machines

  • Requested by customer
    Update .NET prerequisites to the latest version (6.0.28, 7.0.17, 8.0.3)

  • Requested by customer
    Java Launcher DPI awareness

  • Requested by customer
    Build log warning for untranslated strings in multi-language projects
  • Suppress toast notifications for uninstalling older versions

  • Requested by customer
    Updated hyperlink control on publish event

  • Requested by customer
    Support the latest OpenJDK bundles for macOS builds
  • Updated MSIX schema for 23H2
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed translation issue when using the "Refresh the current dialog" event

  • Reported by customer
    EditBox control with password attribute now properly hides text when disabled
  • LeftMenu keeps the selection unchanged when the right view has invalid data
  • Fixed crash when closing projects with unselected Custom Frame on Windows 10
  • Left menu item was not selected when opening a project in a view from the Custom Behavior group
  • The "Edit Property's Value Source" window allows resizing to a smaller size

  • Reported by customer
    "Could not read server response" error when using Azure Key Vault signing

  • Reported by customer
    Prerequisite installation fails when using the "Store Feature-based prerequisites in MSI database" option for EXE packages

  • Reported by customer
    Incorrect prerequisite status displayed during uninstallation with the "Allow uninstall" option enabled