InstallBuilder 7.1.0 Released.

We recently released version 7.1.0 of BitRock InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements:

• Fixed installer startup failing in some scenarios when being launched from a symbolic link
• Fixed <processTest> 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 <getWindowsACL> to properly handle invalid SID provided as username
• New <languageSelectionStyle> 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

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InstallBuilder 7.0.5 Released.

We recently released version 7.0.5 of BitRock InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements:

• New split HTML version of the documentation
• Significantly improved <unzip> 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 <osxBundlesAreFiles> property added configure how <fileParameter> and <directoryParameter> should validate bundles in OS X
• Allow <linkParameters> 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 <windowsResourceProductVersion> not properly working
• Removed outdated syntax from demo projects
• Updated command line builder icon on Windows
• Fixed <globalVariables> action not properly handling project references
• Show more verbose errors in <break> and <continue> 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

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InstallBuilder 7.0.4 Released.

We recently released version 7.0.4 of BitRock InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements:

• Updated documentation
• Added <selectionOrder> to the <autodetectJava> action to allow specifying the order of the detected Java versions
• Added <checkFreeDiskSpace> rule
• Added <clearWindowsACL> action
• Added <osxUninstallerApplicationBundleIcon> to configure uninstaller icon on OS X
• Added <osxPlatforms> 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 <httpPost> action failing when providing an empty <queryParameterList>
• Fixed main progress bar not properly configured in some scenarios
• Fixed <portTest> 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

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