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Change log for release of SetupBuilder 6.6 Build 2000 (September 26, 2007)

• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Current Settings List starts on the first line" option to the "Ready to Install" dialog properties.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Verify Trust (Code-sign)" option to the "#get file information..." compiler directive. This option lets you retrieve the code-sign status of files.
• IMPROVEMENT: Installer: Add "Verify Trust (Code-sign)" option to the "Get File Information..." script function. This option lets you retrieve the code-sign status of files.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Skip if file is already code-signed" option to the "#code-sign application..." compiler directive.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Timed Message Box" option to the "#msgbox..." compiler directive.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Skip if file is already manifested" option to the "#embed Vista manifest..." compiler directive.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: Add "Installer Elevation Type" option to the "Get System Information..." script function. This option lets you determine whether a User is a Member of the Administrators Group with UAC Enabled on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: The "Redistributable Manager" and "Check for Help Updates" functions require administrator execution level privileges under Vista and Windows Server 2008. The IDE can detect now if it is running non-elevated.
• IMPROVEMENT: IDE: The "#get file information..." compiler directive supports constants and compiler variables as File Name parameter.
• IMPROVEMENT: Add support for .NET Framework 3.5 detection.
• IMPROVEMENT: Installer: The "Run Program..." ShellExecuteEx option in combination with "Wait for Program" holds the application return code in the %_SB_ERRORCODE% now.
• IMPROVEMENT: [SB#701091] IDE: Add Ctrl-A Hot key to the "Files and Folders" Visualizer to select all files in the upper and lower right file lists.
• FIX : [SB#708141] IDE: In the "Get Registry Key Value..." script item the Ctrl-Right click was not enabled in the "Registry Key" and "Value Name" entries.
• FIX : [SB#708142] IDE: Moving Features up/down in the Features Visualizer did not refresh the "Files and Folders" Visualizer (it still displayed the previous Features order).
• FIX : [SB#708151] IDE: Comment modifications in Dialog Properties did not update the comment text on the "Dialog Visualizer" until you went to another screen and came back.
• FIX : [SB#708171] Compiler: In the Releases feature, the compiler was unable to resolve compiler variables for the Output Directory ([OUTPUTDIR]).
• FIX : [SB#708211] Compiler: The "Readme" and "License Agreement" Dialogs did not allow "hard coded" local:// paths.
• FIX : [SB#708231] Debugger: The %_SB_ERRORCODE% variable value in the Variables list never got updated.
• FIX : [SB#708232] Installer: Under certain circumstances, a successful call to the "Get File Information" script function did not reset the %_SB_ERRORCODE% variable.
• FIX : [SB#708251] Installer: Setting  the %_SB_ERRORCODE% programmatically to zero caused a crash.
• FIX : "Add RegistryRun Entry..." item could not be deleted from within the Script Editor.
• FIX : "Delete ODBC Data Source..." item could not be deleted from within the Script Editor.
• FIX : "Delete ODBC Driver..." item could not be deleted from within the Script Editor.
• FIX : [SB#709061] IDE: If a command line compile set the [OUTPUTDIR] and/or [EXENAME] compiler variable values, the compiler reset the values.
• FIX : [SB#709111] IDE: The compiler did not handle Command, Arguments and Icon File items for the "Create File Association..." script function.
• FIX : Installer: Possible "Radio Boxes Dialog" and "Check Boxes Dialog" refresh problem when using "Refresh Next Dialog".
• FIX : Installer: Possible "Handle String Function..." script function problem.
• CHANGE : Installer: The installer put double-quotes around the File Extension open command string item.
• CHANGE : IDE: "#get file information..." compiler directive returns -1 if a file does not exist.
• CHANGE : IDE: The "#embed Vista manifest..." compiler directive stops with an error if the application in which to embed a Vista-aware manifest already included a manifest.
• CHANGE : IDE: "Save As..." dialog displays the current project file name in the File Name field.
• CHANGE : IDE: The default zip folder for "Tools | Create Zip Archive..." is the My Documents folder now.
• CHANGE : [SB#709231] IDE: Changed "Path Name" text to "File Name" in the "Get INI Value..." script function.  Add a file browsers to the "File Name" field.
• CHANGE : Add nsi.dll, normaliz.dll and iertutil.dll to the sbscan.ini "exclude" file.
• CHANGE : All code-signed SetupBuilder application files are signed with a new Comodo certificate now, valid until 09/2010.
• CHANGE : Updated wupdate.exe (including wupdate.sb6) web update client.
• CHANGE : Updated online help.
• CHANGE : Updated PDF manual.