InstallBuilder 8.6.0

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"