Advanced Installer 21.7 Release Notes

On April 29th, 2024 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 21.7 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

We have extended our Trusted Signing Integration capabilities to further enhance security and streamline your development processes. Now, you can sign your projects directly within Visual Studio using the Azure Trusted Signing in the Visual Studio Extension. This integration simplifies your workflow by enabling you to sign your packages without leaving your development environment.

Additionally, we've introduced PowerShell support for Trusted Signing to help you automate and script your signing processes. This feature is designed to boost your CI/CD pipelines, facilitating continuous integration and delivery with greater ease and security.

Explore how these new features can improve your application packaging and deployment strategies by leveraging the capabilities of Azure Trusted Signing Integration.

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

New features
  • Azure Trusted Signing support in Visual Studio Extension
  • PowerShell support for Trusted Signing
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Updated Korean localization

  • Requested by customer
    Each setup package now extracts temporary files into its unique folder

  • Requested by customer
    Updated the source for downloading the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

  • Requested by customer
    Updated Python prerequisite to the latest version 3.12.3
  • Updated .NET prerequisites to the latest version (6.0.29, 7.0.18, 8.0.4)
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    The Convert Paths wizard now successfully resolves the SignTool Custom Path field

  • Reported by customer
    "Refresh the current dialog" now works with MSI Embedded UI
  • Fixed validation errors for mandatory fields in the Digital Signature section when signing is disabled

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the PrerequisiteSelector dialog issue that incorrectly checked prerequisites scheduled to be skipped

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed prerequisite skipping on non-English machines
  • Corrected the "MSI from EXE" wizard to use the "Same as main package" option for UI Level

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed an invalid command line error for a prerequisite set to Silent Install when the main package is installed using the /qb! Parameter

  • Reported by customer
    Product and company names are now fully displayed in dialogs

  • Reported by customer
    Text on the Dark AppInstaller theme is now visible
  • The second repair no longer triggers the "Cab file not found error"

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed appxbundle installation issues

  • Reported by customer
    Files are now displayed in the Files and Folders view when editing specific MSI in Advanced Installer

  • Reported by customer
    View Readme and Launch application options are now displayed on the ExitDialog during Maintenance
  • Controls on new dialogs are now working as expected when the "User Interface" project segment is checked

  • Reported by customer
    Added validation for the shortcut name in the Icon Table