InstallBuilder 19.3.0 Available!

Version 19.3.0 comes with many improvements, an important one being the new <validatedActionGroup> action which allows you to validate a group of actions and display a configurable abort-retry dialog if an error occurs. This can be useful for example when running your application as a postInstallation action:

     <postInstallationActionList>
        ...
        <validatedActionGroup>
            <severity>warning</severity> 
            <text>The application failed to launch. Do you want to retry?</text>
            <type>abortRetry</type>
            <actionList>
                <runProgram>
                    <workingDirectory>${installdir}/scripts</workingDirectory> 
                   <program>./launch.sh</program>
                </runProgram>
            </actionList>
        </validatedActionGroup>
        ...
     </postInstallationActionList>

Additionally we have added support for Java launchers changing the working directory to the launcher’s directory before proceeding with launching the application by enabling the new <useLauncherDirectoryAsWorkingDirectory> property, as well as support for Windows Server 2019.

Here is the full list of changes:

• New <validatedActionGroup> action
• Added <useLauncherDirectoryAsWorkingDirectory> to Java launchers to allow preserving the current working directory on execution
• Added Windows Server 2019 support
• Improved documentation
• Updated zlib dependency on Linux and Windows
• Fixed macOS installers always exiting with zero code when enabling <requireInstallationByRootUser>
• Fixed some Builder popups not kept on top when running on macOS
• Fixed installers aborting at startup on some solaris and linux-ia64 environments
• Fixed macOS installers incorrectly wrapping text on some languages
• Fixed custom <uninstallerDirectory> not being removed on macOS
• Fixed outdated welcome screen
• Fixed <findFile> returning malformed results when invoked in the installer_directory