On April 29, 2024, Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 21.7 IN Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect publications. This version is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.
We have expanded ours Trusted signature integration
capabilities to further enhance security and improve your development processes. Now, you can sign your projects directly within Visual Studio using the Azure Trusted Signing in Visual Studio Extension. This integration simplifies your workflow by enabling you to sign your packages without leaving your development environment.
Furthermore, we have introduced PowerShell support for trusted signing to help you automate and script your signing processes. This feature is designed to enhance your CI/CD pipelines, facilitating continuous integration and delivery with greater ease and security.
Explore how these new features can improve your application packaging and deployment strategies by leveraging Azure Trusted Signature Integration capabilities.
New features, bug fixes and general improvements are included in the current version. See the full list below.
New features
- Azure Trusted Signing support in Visual Studio Extension
- PowerShell support for trusted signing
improvements
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Requested by the customer
Korean localization updated
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Requested by the customer
Each configuration package now extracts temporary files to its own unique folder
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Requested by the client
Updated the source for the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable download
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Requested by the customer
Updated Python prerequisite to latest version 3.12.3
- Updated .NET prerequisites to latest version (6.0.29, 7.0.18, 8.0.4)
Bug fixes
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Reported by customer
The Convert Paths wizard now successfully resolves the SignTool Custom Path field
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Reported by customer
“Refresh Current Dialog” now works with MSI Embedded UI
- Fixed validation errors for mandatory fields in “Digital Signature” section when signature is disabled
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Reported by customer
Fixed PrerequisiteSelector dialog incorrectly checking scheduled prerequisites to be skipped
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Reported by customer
Fixed prerequisite skipping on non-English machines
- Fixed the “MSI from EXE” wizard to use the “Same as main package” option for the UI level
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Reported by customer
Fixed an invalid command line error for a given prerequisite in Silent Install when the core package is installed using /qb! parameter
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Reported by customer
Product and company names are now fully displayed in the dialog
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Reported by customer
The text in the Dark AppInstaller theme is now visible
- The second fix no longer triggers the “Cabin folder not found” error
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Reported by customer
Fixed appxbundle installation issues
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Reported by customer
Files are now displayed in the Files and Folders view when editing specific MSIs in the Advanced Installer
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Reported by customer
The View Readme and Launch application options now appear in the ExitDialog during Maintenance
- Controls in new dialogs are now working as expected when checking the User Interface project segment.
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Reported by customer
Added validation for shortcut name in icon table