Lindersoft is pleased to announce the availability of SetupBuilder 6.7 for all customers who have an active SetupBuilder maintenance subscription plan.
SetupBuilder Installation System is the ideal solution for programmers seeking an easy-to-use, yet powerful and versatile Windows installation system. Version 6.7, the most robust and feature-rich version to date, boosts productivity and minimizes costs involved with software distribution.
This release contains fixes that are designed to correct known issues and to improve the overall functionality of SetupBuilder. We strongly recommend that all customers to upgrade to the latest version of SetupBuilder 6.7 as soon as possible to maintain the highest level of support, performance and reliability.
Change log for release of SetupBuilder 6.7 Build 2070 (December 05, 2007)
FEATURE : Add "Copy Registry Key..." script function to recursively copy the subkeys and values of a source subkey to a destination key. (Developer Edition only).
FEATURE : [SB#711271] Add "Put INI Value..." script function to set a single value for an INI file entry.
IMPROVEMENT: Installer: The "Register File Operation..." script function supports the following options now:
Queue existing .NET Assembly for COM Interop registration
COM Interop Register .NET Assembly immediately
Queue existing .NET Assembly for GAC registration
Register .NET Assembly into the GAC immediately
Queue existing .NET Assembly for Native Image creation
Create Native Image for .NET Assembly immediately
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Remove Blanks" option to the "Handle String Function" script function. This functions lets you remove white space from a string.
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Remove File Name" option to the "Set Variable..." script function.
IMPROVEMENT: Add improved algorithm to handle the If... Statements "Contains Letters In" and "Contains Not Letters In" options.
IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add improved algorithm to handle the #ifcompvar... compiler directives "Contains Letters In" and "Contains Not Letters In" options.
IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add improved algorithm to handle the #ifconst... compiler directives "Contains Letters In" and "Contains Not Letters In" options.
IMPROVEMENT: The "Search for File..." script function supports a "Search Depth" option now to specify how deeply into sub-folders the search should look.
IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add new "Open in Script Editor mode" checkbox option to the Script Editor.
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Unregister File Operation..." script function supports the following file unregistration operations now:
- Unregister OCXs/DLLs/EXEs/TLBs file immediately
- COM Interop Unregister .NET Assembly immediately
- Unregister .NET Assembly from the GAC immediately
- Remove Native Image for .NET Assembly immediately
FIX : [SB#711171] Installer: Possible Global Assembly Cache (GAC) registration issue on Windows XP Media Center (SP2) and on (very few) XP Professional Editions.
FIX : [SB#711131] Installer: Possible "Set Access Control..." script function issue when the installer was running under Windows Server 2003.
FIX : Installer: Possible "Set Access Control..." script function issue when the installer skipped execution of this function on Windows 95/98/Me.
FIX : Installer: Possible "Add/Remove Scheduled Task..." script function issue when the installer was running under Windows Server 2003.
FIX : [SB#711141] Installer: "Register as EXE" self-registration option was not working as expected.
FIX : Installer: "Unregister OCXs/DLLs..." script function was not working as expected for .EXE files.
FIX : Installer: "Register as TLB" self-registration option was not working as expected.
FIX : Installer: "Create File Association..." script function did not resolve runtime variables in the "Icon File" option.
FIX : Installer: Possible nested runtime variable definition issue.
FIX : Installer: "Create Service" function did not handle Dependencies properly.
FIX : [SB#711181] Installer: DPI adjustment issue when using a custom DPI setting and the installer displayed a Billboard.
FIX : Installer: "Create Native Image for .NET Assembly" registration option was not working as expected.
FIX : [SB#711281] IDE: "Handle Text File Operation..." script item did not support <Ctrl>+<Right-click> in entry fields to open the Variable List dialog.
FIX : [SB#711291] IDE: SetupBuilder changed the status of the "Show window contents while dragging" Windows Display option.
FIX : IDE: Minor fixes (especially PrintKey2000 "compatibility" issue).
CHANGE : IDE: Rename "Unregister OCXs/DLLs..." script function into "Unregister File Operation...".
CHANGE : IDE: The "SB_TYPE" built-in Script Editor symbol can detect the target installer type now.
#ifdef SB_TYPE Equals "$SB_MSI32$" Then
#msg "MSI compile..."
#end
CHANGE : [SB#711121] IDE: "File | Save As" defaults to the location of the file that is being saved now.
CHANGE : IDE: When adding new Features, the "Visible" option is set by default (MSI requirement).
CHANGE : Updated Spanish (Traditional Sort) language file.
CHANGE : IDE: Add experimental SetupBuilder Windows Installer (.msi) compiler (SBMSI) for internal SB7 pre-release testing.
