Advanced Installer 22.2 Release Notes

On November 4th, 2024 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 22.2 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

The latest version of Advanced Installer, 22.2, introduces nested context menus for file associations in MSI packages, simplifying file type management and navigation.

The Custom Actions view has been redesigned with WinUI for a more modern, intuitive interface. New features like conditional "Extract Archive" support give you greater control over installations.

We've also updated .NET, SQL Server, and VC++ prerequisites to their latest versions, ensuring your projects stay up to date.

Watch our video tutorial to learn how to use the Nested Context Menu for File Associations in MSI packages.

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

New features

  • Requested by customer
    Create a nested context menu for File Associations from an MSI, using Sparse Packages
  • Nested Context Menu for MSIX Packages on Windows 10
  • Redesigned CustomActions View using WinUI
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Ability to conditionally use the "Extract Archive" support

  • Requested by customer
    Ribbon improvements for Project Summary
  • Modernized information window pop-up with WinUI
  • Update .NET prerequisites and Windows App Runtime to the latest version (6.0.35 & 8.0.10 & 1.6.1)

  • Requested by customer
    Update SQL Server and VC++ prerequisites to the latest versions
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    The prerequisite progress bar didn’t work for multilingual packages on non-English OS display languages

  • Reported by customer
    The Prerequisite feature was not correctly determining installation conditions
  • Custom Action Properties reset when adding another Custom Action of the same type
  • Windows Firewall rules were not correctly imported into the MSM packages
  • The "Mark component as 64-bit" option was not preserved when copying registry values
  • Invalid MSI identifier string error when using MSI QuickEdit
  • QuickEditing an MSI caused changes in UI-related tables
  • Crash when deleting a service from a project containing only MSIX builds
  • Infinite prompts for the "Select PowerShell script file source" dialog when previously canceled

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed folder duplication during the preserve operation if the folder name contained a version number
  • The builds parameter did not work for the /NewPrerequisite and /UpdatePrerequisite commands
  • The project was not marked as modified when pasting a registry key
  • EnhancedUI.exe was packaged unsigned in our advinst.msi setup

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the Close button misalignment when using Custom frame with the Graphite theme

  • Reported by customer
    Custom Action return code was ignored when added to Init Events of the WelcomeDlg dialog

  • Reported by customer
    SVG images could not be loaded from folders located on the C:\ drive

  • Reported by customer
    Crash on WinUI when closing the application and using Azure Key Vault (only on Windows 10)