Advanced Installer 22.6 Release Notes

On April 8th, 2025 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 22.6 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 22.6 introduces the SBOM Generator Integration, providing built-in support for creating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) reports. This feature ensures compliance with security and regulatory standards by allowing you to generate and include an SBOM within your installation packages, offering full transparency over your software components.

We’ve also added an Editor for the Updater WinUI Theme, enabling precise customization of the Updater’s UI for a modernized user experience.

MSIX packaging improvements include Progressive Web App (PWA) integration for simplified deployment and Host Runtime Dependency Configuration via CLI and PowerShell, giving you greater control over MSIX installations.

Explore the full list of updates below, and watch our video tutorial to see how to automate the SBOM generation for your software packages in Advanced Installer.

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

New features
  • SBOM Generator Integration
  • Editor for the Updater WinUI theme

  • Requested by customer
    MSIX Progressive Web App (PWA) Integration, MSIX Host Runtime Dependency Configuration via CLI and PowerShell
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Added Sectigo timestamp server for code signing on the predefined list

  • Requested by customer
    Message boxes can now match the package’s selected UI theme
  • Automatically disable exe-specific features when switching the PackageType back to MSI type

  • Requested by customer
    Extended command line support for Prerequisites with new "Framework" and "Chained" options

  • Requested by customer
    The Serene and Light themes now automatically include the LicenseAgreementDlg when adding an EULA source in ProductDetails

  • Requested by customer
    Added translations for the reboot confirmation dialog
  • Display a friendly error message when attempting to open a fragment via the command line

  • Requested by customer
    Enhanced visibility of the scrollable text used to display the EULA/ReadMe in AppInstaller when using the dark theme
  • Detect the presence of known MSIX package files in APPDIR

  • Requested by customer
    Predefined prerequisites for Microsoft SQL Server DB Driver 19
  • Update .NET 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.14
  • Update .NET 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.3
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the Updater crash when the Windows display language is set to Ukrainian

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the Request Assistance form
  • The Digital Signature settings were not saved correctly when switching tabs

  • Reported by customer
    ImageCheckbox right-click issue in Surface theme: The checkbox visually changed, but the Install button did not update

  • Reported by customer
    The merge module file sequence was not set correctly when added to packages with a large number of files

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed broken URL Prerequisites functionality in the App Installer theme

  • Reported by customer
    Disabled WinUI rendering on App Installer theme for Professional project type
  • Fixed wizards' text alignment for generic pages

  • Reported by customer
    Addressed rendering issues in Spring theme: text and dropdown box were overlapping in the LanguageDlg dialog; buttons were not rendered consistently with other dialogs for the UserRegistrationDlg dialog

  • Reported by customer
    Call method from .Net Assembly custom action failed to load the installed .NET Runtime

  • Reported by customer
    The "AI_MigrateInstallerProps" action was not added during a project conversion
  • Windows 11 Context Menu options were unchecked when converting an MSIX package

  • Reported by customer
    Corrected error in bootstrapper costing sequence that occurred before MSI launch, affecting property-based folders

  • Reported by customer
    MSI extract location folder was not deleted when filling in the "MSI subfolder" field

  • Reported by customer
    StackTrace error when using an invalid filename for a shortcut

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed issues when importing WiX projects with ProductVersion variable references

  • Reported by customer
    The Message Box was displayed in the background when MSI Embedded UI was enabled
  • Fixed an issue where the application ran slowly (failed to load a DLL) after modifying its headers and packaging it as MSIX

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed window control buttons not rendering correctly on Windows 10 when using the App Installer theme