InstallBuilder 8.6.0

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8.6.0 [09-14-13]

Improved text wrapping on Gtk mode
Improved to also work at uninstallation time
Added Serbian and Lithuanian languages
Improved required_diskspace variable to also work at build time
Reduced delay when calculating the files to unpack
Improved to support spaces in the path
Improved rule
Improved download progress meter reporting
Improved Chinese language autodetection
Allow Java launchers to be executed in the background
Added new setting
Allow configuring JRE/JDK selection order for Java launchers
Made builder ignore missing images if they do not belong to the platform being built
Made action ignore directories
Improved OS X system language detection when running as Administrator
Improved builder error reporting when packing distribution files with empty
Improved InstallBuilder XML errors reporting
Improved detection of HTTP idle connections
Allow configuring whether or not component groups should appear expanded
Allow reusing already downloaded components if their checksum matches
Fixed errors when downloading components bigger than 2GB in some environments
Fixed component groups not properly displaying Unicode characters in Qt mode
Fixed symbolic link creation failing in some environments
Fixed temporary images not being properly deleted on OS X
Fixed default application bundle icon not being properly displayed on OS X 10.5
Fixed RPM and DEB packages failing to install in some environments
Fixed GUI glitch in file and directory parameters in Windows 2008 SP2 x64 when enabling 64bit mode
Fixed incorrect progress message when enabling at uninstallation time
Fixed rule default logic

Other versions : 8.5.2 7.2.6 7.2.5 7.2.1 7.2.0 7.1.1 7.1.0 7.0.5 7.0.4 7.0.3 7.0.2 7.0.1 7.0.0 6.5.6 6.5.5 6.5.4 6.5.3 6.5.2 6.5.0 6.4.0 6.3.1 6.3.0 6.2.7 6.2.6 6.2.5 6.2.4

v8.5.2 [09-11-13]

Fixed language selection dialog location for multiple monitors on Windows
Fixed archives created with action creating directory records showing as files in Windows Explorer
Added detection of missing distribution file/directory in CD-ROM mode
Fixed support for HTTP chunked encoding transfers in InstallBuilder
Added handling of HTTP error codes for autoupdate
Improved detection of Brazilian Portuguese language on OS X
Improved unpacking and removal of read-only files or directories
Improved handling of archives with incorrect file/directory mode for action

v7.2.6 [10-27-11]

Updated documentation
Fixed qt mode text widget not properly wrapping its content on Windows
Added support for tcsh shell in environment variable actions
Fixed rule not properly recognizing osx-intel type on some 64bit environments
Improved Italian translation
Improved .password suffix to support nested variables
Speed up uninstaller creation on Windows
Now aborting the installation when canceling the language selection also triggers the
Improved AutoUpdate to support the feature
Fixed builder crashing in some Windows environments when browsing for image files
Fixed OS X bundles launcher script encoding not being properly configured
Fixed Java launchers not being properly created on OS X
Fixed action not properly handling parameters

v7.2.5 [09-15-11]

Updated documentation
Improved Dutch language support
Fixed language files not being properly loaded when including a BOM
Improved action to properly deal with SELinux
Fixed packed folders not being deleted when using multiple hierarchy tags.
Improved Installer.RebootRequired string to allow variables
Fixed custom uninstaller directory not being deleted in some environments

v7.2.1 [06-19-11]

Improved Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, Argentine Spanish, Slovak, Swedish and Turkish language support
Updated documentation
Speed up installer startup time when being launched from a network drive
New and actions
Improved administrator user check in HP-UX platform
Improved and action settings to support variables
Improved minimalWithDialogs mode look and feel
Fixed text not being correctly wrapped in some in osx and win32 modes
Improved environment actions on Unix
Fixed entries misaligned in some languages
Fixed GUI "Files" tree not being updated when manually deleting elements from the XML editor
Fixed action not properly handling case insensitivity

v7.2.0 [05-20-11]

Improved packing filters to allow excluding files to pack at any depth of the directory hierarchy
Added Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, Argentine Spanish, Slovak, Swedish and Turkish language support
Allow modifying the exit code in the
Allow disabling Xft fonts support in xwindow mode to reduce installers size
Improved language autodetection on Windows
Updated documentation
Fixed 32bit installers crashing in Ubuntu 11.04 64bit when running in gtk mode
Allow executing .cmd scripts on Windows
Added new variable installation_aborted_by_user
Removed --enable-components, --disable-components and --optionfile options from uninstaller help menu
Improved refresh rate to allow properly displaying quick actions progress text
Fixed throwing warnings to console in some corrupt Linux environments
Fixed default installation language not being properly resolved in uninstaller help menu
Fixed error in GUI builder when using file dialogs in some scenarios
Fixed scope issue in custom actions
Replaced missing occurrences of "Ok" text in buttons to all uppercase "OK" per UI guidelines
Fixed setting failing in some environments
Fixed some graphic glitches in osx mode

v7.1.1 [05-09-11]

Fixed action failing in some environments
Fixed InstallBuilder license registration dialog failing on OS X
Improved look and feel of on OS X

v7.1.0 [04-30-11]

Fixed installer startup failing in some scenarios when being launched from a symbolic link
Fixed rule failing in some environments
Fixed installation log containing unnecessary empty new lines when using disabling the file unpacking process
Fixed comboboxes not being properly displayed in Windows Vista and 7 in win32 mode
Improved look and feel of the Builder and installers in OS X and Windows
Improved to properly handle invalid SID provided as username
New project property to configure the style of the language selection dialog
Improved reported errors when loading invalid XML files
Updated documentation
Fixed uninstaller not being removed on HP-UX

v7.0.5 [04-20-11]

New split HTML version of the documentation
Significantly improved action performance
Improved installers to allow variables in most of the project tags
Improved GUI to accept variables in choice and boolean-like properties
New property added configure how and should validate bundles in OS X
Allow to receive keyboard focus on Qt mode
Improved OS X bundle launcher script to support projects with UTF-8 characters in their full name
Improved Polish translation
Fixed not properly working
Removed outdated syntax from demo projects
Updated command line builder icon on Windows
Fixed action not properly handling project references
Show more verbose errors in and actions when invoked outside loop
Fixed XML comments not being preserved in the GUI editor in some scenarios
Fixed installers failing on HP-UX, AIX and FreeBSD 4 in some system language configurations

v7.0.4 [04-03-11]

Updated documentation
Added to the action to allow specifying the order of the detected Java versions
Added rule
Added action
Added to configure uninstaller icon on OS X
Added project tag to configure the OS X runtimes to build
Improved Italian, French, Norwegian, Korean and Spanish translations
Included English language file in the installers as a reference
Improved build performance in Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX and IRIX
Fixed action failing when providing an empty
Fixed main progress bar not properly configured in some scenarios
Fixed rule throwing an error when providing a malformed port
Changed "Ok" buttons text to all uppercase "OK" per UI guidelines
Fixed registered estimated size on Windows 7 not being properly calculated
Fixed RPM database registration not honoring files removed from uninstaller
Fixed environment variables not being properly registered in some OS X terminal shells
Fixed rollback functionality not properly handling the original drive

v7.0.3 [03-11-11]

Added Czech language support
Added Norwegian language support
Updated documentation
New action to allow custom actions to modify project level variables
Reduced installer startup time on OS X when running in qt mode
Provided a default value for installer-language command line flag in the help menu
Improved action to accept variables in the tag
Improved and action properties to accept variables
Added support for Bourne shell (sh) in actions related to environment variables
Fixed installer refreshing issue when quickly pushing 'next' button multiple times on Windows
Fixed installer not properly loading images in some environments
Properly handle standard streams redirection on Windows Java launchers
Fixed AutoUpdate property not properly working on OS X
Improved regular installer registration with RPM database
Fixed qt mode post-uninstallation popups not displaying any icon on OS X
Fixed GUI XML editor not properly preserving comments

v7.0.2 [01-28-11]

Updated documentation
Allow the tag of the action to contain variables
Provide more verbose error when the builder does not have permissions to write in the output directory
Improved look and feel of the "custom"