2.1 (${Date})
- Bugs:
- #10280: UI displayed
briefly if auto_close_if_install set.
- #10270: Run key not
deleted on restart.
2.0 (9/27/2011)
- Features:
- #8318: Added support
for hex values in
returncodes_success and returncodes_reboot.
To specify a hex number start it with 0x.
- #7968: Support elevation
as a subsequent command within the bootstrapper. First UI shows un-elevated, but
clicking install elevates.
- #8005: Added a new
os_filter type 'greater than' (+) and 'less than' (-).
- #6289: Added a new
setup bootstrapper, htmlInstaller, driven by an HTML-based UI engine.
- #6618: Added
#STARTPATH, #STARTEXE and #STARTFILENAME substitution
variables.
- #6955: Added
#OSLANGID substitution variable, operating system language ID.
- #6620: Added
#OSLOCALE substitution variable, operating system ISO language and region
(eg. en-US).
- #6956:
#LANGID
and #LANGUAGE are always set to the value in the currently executing
configuration. #LANGUAGE may be empty, while #LANGID will
default to the operating system value.
- #6604: InstallerEditor
no longer needs a configuration file to link a bootstrapper and the configuration
does not need to be saved before creating an exe.
- #6798: InstallerEditor
will display file names when embed files are missing during linking.
- #4884: InstallerEditor
will notice that a configuration file has changed on disk and offer to reload it.
- #6786: Bootstrapper
will return a 3010 exit code when a reboot was required.
- #6786: Added
/noreboot to the bootstrapper to suppress actual reboot when required. Bootstrapper
will simply return a 3010 exit code in this case.
- #7004: The user-defined
browse control will always return paths without the trailing backslash except for
drive paths (eg.
C:\).
- #6730: InstallerEditor
displays a
* next to field names that are required and displays an
error if the user tries to delete the value.
- #7148: Added support
for Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 7 SP1.
- #7252: Enabled Visual
Styles: modified default manifests with a dependency on
Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls
6.0.
- #7382,
#9000: Added
disable_wow64_fs_redirection at setup configuration and component level to
run native x64 Windows applications and installation packages(cmd, regedit, msi, msp, etc)
from dotNetInstaller.
- #7916: Added MUI
support with
MuiUser (preferred language set for the user) and MuiSystem
(preferred language set for the system) options in configuration lcidtype.
- #8277: Language
selector dialog in dotNetInstaller will automatically select the operating system
language if available.
- #8256: Added
/noRunOnReboot to the bootstrapper to suppress actually writing the RunOnReboot
registry key.
- #272583: Added
support for Windows 8.
- Misc:
- #7575: Upgraded
to SandCastle 1.9.3.0 documentation builder.
- #7672: Outputing
running nunit test case name to console.
- #7673: Checked in
*.*proj files with TFS bindings and add associated vspscc files.
- #7151: InstallerEditor
example links in component wizard use
example.com instead of yourwebsite.com,
which is a real site.
- #8081: Dni.sln build
fails if a Sample Configuration.xml file is read-only.
- #8084: Moved commands
in build.cmd to dni.proj.
- #8126: Added and
using NUnit binaries in ThirdParty instead of what is installed in "Program Files".
- #8696: Upgraded
to Wix 3.5 and using binaries in ThirdParty instead of what is installed in "Program
Files".
- Bugs:
- #8143: Full UI not
displayed after reboot.
- #7493: Windows Defender
blocks DNI upon restart. See
#7968.
- #6758: MSI components
with paths equal to a length of a GUID fail to install.
- #6816: 0x8007064a:
MsiEnumProducts - The configuration data for this product is corrupt.
- #6352: 0x80070645:
MSIGetProductInfo - This action is only valid for products that are currently installed.
- #6788: Splash screen
broken in basic UI mode.
- #6805: A component
with no installed checks is not installed if
/x is specified on the
command line.
- #7155:
ProductVersion
is not automatically written to the OSVERSIONINFO string table when
available.
- #7224: License file
for
ControlLicense user-defined controls is left in %TEMP%\GUID
after installation.
- #7567: If InstallerEditor
is closed minimized it will not correctly restore its position and will not appear
on the screen when restarted.
- #7565: Dni does
not automatically change into uninstall mode if an optional component is not installed.
- #7565: Dni will
incorrectly display installation_completed message if auto_close_if_installed=true
and not all components installed successfully.
- #7578: Updated documentation
to indicate that an elevated command prompt is required to build the project in
the development environment.
- #7601: Complete
command may not execute with optional components.
- #8203: dotNetInstaller
may hang with the component installing or extracting progress bar.
- #8697:
status_not_installed
doesn't show when defined at the component level.
1.10 (7/12/2010)
- Features:
- Added support for executable components with an optional response file and installation
directory.
- Added
has_value_disabled option to user-defined controls.
Install, Cancel and Skip buttons now disabled
during install/uninstall.- Added
dialog_default_button that specifies the default button for the
main dialog (one of cancel, install or skip).
- Added
File -> Recent Files menu to Installer Editor that lists the
last 10 configuration files opened.
- InstallerEditor window will remember its size, position and the size of the configuration
tree and attribute comments.
- InstallerEditor Make Exe window remembers all its contents.
- Added
os_filter that behaves like lcid_filter for operating
system IDs.
- Replaced
os_filter_greater and os_filter_smaller with
os_filter_min and os_filter_max that include boundaries
and use literals instead of numbers.
- Added
show_progress_dialog at setup configuration and component level,
controls whether to show the component install progress dialog.
- Added
show_cab_dialog at setup configuration and component level, controls
whether to show the CAB extraction progress dialog.
- Added user-defined image control.
- Holding the keyboard Control key and double-clicking on a bootstrapper component
will install it, regardless of whether the component is selected or not.
- Holding the keyboard Shift key and double-clicking on a bootstrapper component will
toggle it's selected state, regardless of whether the component is required or not.
- Unicows.dll embedding is now optional. Specify
/Mslu+ on the InstallerLinker
command line if you plan to run your setup on Windows 95 and 98 platforms.
- Replaced components'
selected by selected_install and
selected_uninstall.
- Replaced components'
required by required_install and
required_uninstall.
- Added
/ProcessorArchitecture:list to InstallerLinker to link an installer
targeting a specific platform architecture.
- Removed configuration-level
allow_continue_on_error that confused component
logic.
- Added
default_allow_continue_on_error to components. Sets the default
value of the selection when allow_continue_on_error is set to True.
In UI mode, sets the default dialog selection for the prompt. In silent mode allows
to continue on failure.
- Added
reload_on_error to setup configuration. Controls whether to reload
the components list after a component error has occurred. Unlike previous versions,
default is set to True.
- Allowing empty
failed_exec_command_continue messages. When both the
configuration-level and component-level messages are empty, the user is not prompted
with a question to continue and the value of default_continue_on_error
is used to make the decision to continue or abort.
- Misc:
- Added application compatibility entries for Windows Vista and Windows 7 in the default
dotNetInstaller.exe.manifest.
- Bugs:
- Bug: user-defined controls that contain a hyperlink, such as license agreement,
may render as overlapped black text behind link.
- Bug:
mustreboot component option is broken.
- Bug: Windows XP 64-bit incorrectly identified as Windows 2003 Server R2.
1.9 (4/5/2010)
- Features:
- Added support for Windows Installer Patches (MSP) with an "msp" component type.
- Added
#UILEVEL variable, current installer UI level, one of "full",
"silent" or "basic".
- Added
#LANGUAGE and #LANGID variables, current configuration
language and locale id.
- Added
uninstall_display_name to all components, optional component
display name during uninstall.
- Added
uninstall_package to msi components, optional package
to use during uninstall.
- Added
uninstallation_none, uninstallation_completed and
uninstalling_component_wait to setup configurations.
- Added support for multiple registry paths in
@[registry path] substitutions.
Separate multiple paths with a | character.
- A default value is no longer required in registry substitutions, assumed blank.
- Added optional installed checks for user-defined controls. The check must evaluate
to
True for the control to be displayed, enabled or both, depending
on the value of the new check option.
- Added
defaultvalue options to registry, file
and product installed checks. The default value is used when the bootstrapper
does not find the registry key or file, ie. it cannot decide whether the component
is installed based on the specifics of the check (eg. version comparison with a
value that doesn't exist is not meaningful).
- Added
selected option to components to select or de-select a component
by default.
- Added
key_exists and value_exists operators to registry
installed checks. The value_exists operator allows one to check whether
the default registry key value is set.
- Misc:
/DisplayCab truncates the files list for each cub at two items; rest
is shown as a summary.- Failures to read or write embedded resources, including CABs, CAB directory, banner
and manifest, reports the file name affected by the error.
- Documented uninstall strategy for MSIs by remembering the product GUID in registry
under the "Install and Uninstall Sequences" section.
- Substantially improved peformance linking large bootstrappers with many embedded
files and components.
- Implemented work-around for "not enough storage space" system error while embedding
large CABs.
- Bugs:
- MSI components ignore
uninstall_cmdparameters, uninstall_cmdparameters_silent
and uninstall_cmdparameters_basic.
- MSU components don't property handle reboots with standard 3010 exit code.
- Extracting files from large embedded CABs with many files may not extract all files.
- Uninstall doesn't remove components and process configurations in reverse order.
- Progress status and labels encode & characters as key access indicators instead
of rendering them as is.
- CMD components don't property reload
command_basic and uninstall_command_basic
in InstallerEditor.
- InstallerEditor "Save" menu is not re-enabled after "Save As".
- Registry install checks with the
exists operator for a blank field
value fail with a "The system cannot find the file specified." error.
1.8 (1/20/2010)
- Features:
- Added support for uninstall sequences with new command-line
/i and
/x switches, supports_install, supports_uninstall
global options in configurations, components and controls. Added extended uninstall
parameters in cmd and msi components.
- Added user-defined form controls and input for labels, checkboxes, edit boxes, hyperlinks
and file/directory browse controls.
- Added user-defined splash screen embedded with the InstallerLinker
/Splash
option and an optional /nosplash switch to dotNetInstaller.
- dotNetInstaller: Added
/controlArgs "control id":"value" to dotNetInstaller.exe
command line to override initial control values.
- Added
returncodes_reboot to cmd components that specify
which return code(s) should be treated as a required reboot.
- Added
returncodes_success to cmd components that specify
a list of comma-separated return code(s) that should be treated as success. Specify
"all" to create a component that doesn't fail based on its return code and specify
!value to treat all return codes except a single value as success.
- Added splash and manifest input to InstallerEditor's Make Exe dialog.
- Added support for a license agreement checkbox user-defined control.
- Added
dialog_message_copying that displays instead of dialog_message_downloading
when the file is copied from sourcepath.
- The
dialog_message_downloading and dialog_message_copying
replace dialog_message in download dialogs depending on whether a download
or a local copy is required.
- Added component
id and renamed description to display_name.
- ComponentArgs now accepts
*, id or display_name,
cumulative in this order.
- Added
clear_cache to download components. When true, attempts to clear
the local internet cache entry for the url to download.
- Cabbing now embeds files that belong in components in separate resource streams,
extracting only those files that are necessary for installation of a particular
component. Embedded files outside of components continue to always be extracted.
- Changed default of
/EmbedResourceSize <size in bytes> from 32MB
to 128MB.
- CAB extraction uses the memory-mapped resource streams and no longer writes temporary
files to extract embedded components. This significantly reduces disk space and
memory requirements and improves extraction speed.
- InstallerEditor now accepts a configuration file on the command-line and opens it.
You can also pass /? for command-line usage and success/failure return codes are
documented.
- InstallerEditor: added "Edit" menu with identical contents as the right click popup
on the currently selected configuration node.
- Bugs:
- Bug: error creating temporary directory on Windows 95/98/ME.
- Bug: combining #PATH variables produces inconsistent backslash count for different
path types, which causes component execution failure on Windows 95/98/ME.
- Bug: component lcid filters broken.
- Bug: product installed checks may produce Error in ::IIDFromString: The parameter
is incorrect.
- Bug: adjusting X or Y coordinates of UI widgets doesn't preserve widget's width
or height.
- Bug: embedfolder nested within a component broken.
- Bug: download dialog will no longer appear when neither download nor copy is not
required.
- Bug: file and registry (DWORD and REG_SZ) version checks
version_lt,
version_gt, version_le and version_ge are
broken: their results are inverted; if you have been using these checks, review
the documentation and adjust the check conditions.
- Bug: InstallerEditor's Make Exe dialog is closed when the user presses Cancel when
prompted for a target .exe file name.
- Misc:
- Added 3rd party licensing information to documentation.
1.7 (9/30/2009)
- Features:
- Added OS filter identifiers for Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows
Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
- Extended registry search REG_MULTI_SZ semantics. You can now specify a comma-delimited
list of values to
match exactly all values, contains to
match a subset of values and you can no longer specify a broken version
match.
- Added support for nested reference configurations. Each downloaded configuration
file is checked for more reference configurations. There's a nested depth limit
of 10 to avoid circular references.
- Added
/DisplayCab command line option to dotNetInstaller.exe that displays
the embedded CAB file contents when available.
- Added
/DisplayConfig command line option to dotNetInstaller.exe that
displays configurations and components.
- Added support for relative paths in MSI components by resolving paths before execution.
- Added
version_lt, version_le, version_gt,
version_ge and version_eq functions to installed check
file and registry operators.
- Added support for
os_filter_smaller, os_filter_greater
and processor_architecture_filter in web configurations.
- Added a product installed check that queries the MSI system database for a product
by it's product id or upgrade code and is capable of comparing product properties,
such as VersionString.
- Added an "msu" component type, similar to "msi" for Windows Update (.msu) packages.
- InstallerEditor and InstallerLinker no longer require elevation on Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008.
- Unicows.dll is embedded and is no longer required for Windows 95 and 98 installers.
You can now distribute a single packaged setup for Windows 95 and 98 platforms.
- Added
/ConfigFile <path\configuration.xml> option to the bootstrapper
to specify an alternate configuration file.
- dotNetInstaller process exit code is now 0 on success, process exit code is now
shell execute return code on an open file component failure, MSI return code on
an MSI component failure, process exit code on a non-zero cmd component return,
-2 on cancel from main dialog or download and -1 on any other error. Check
%ERRORLEVEL%
in batch scripts.
- Added a directory exists installed check.
- Added
dialog_message_connecting and dialog_message_sendingrequest
to download progress.
- Added
/? or /help to the bootstrapper that shows the command
line syntax and options.
- Moved
log_enabled and log_file options to the configuration
top level from individual install configurations.
- Added expansion of registry variables to configuration nodes in the format of
@[KEY:OPTION\PATH\VALUE] (eg. @[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CommonFilesDir]).
- Added expansion of environment variables to configuration nodes (eg. %TEMP%).
- All nodes in the configuration file, except boolean and strongly typed enumerations,
accept path (eg. #TEMPPATH), environment (eg. %TEMP%) and registry (eg. @[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CommonFilesDir])
variables.
- Added an optional user language selection dialog to the bootstrapper. Users can
pick amongst the languages available instead of choosing their locale or the one
of the operating system.
- Msi packages can now be GUIDs of installed products, in the {GUID} format. These
will not be resolved as a path.
- Added
/Manifest <manifest file> to the installer linker to specify
a replacement manifest. This enables building bootstrappers that don't elevate on
Windows Vista, Server and Windows 7.
- Added
/EmbedResourceSize <size in bytes> to installer linker
to specify the max size of each embedded resource. Defaults to 32Mb.
- Added
auto_start setup configuration parameter that defines whether
to automatically start installation in full UI mode.
- Added
auto_continue_on_reboot setup configuration parameter that defines
whether to auto-start installation after a reboot was forced during the installation.
- Added
reboot_cmd setup configuration parameter that defines additional
command-line parameters to include in the reboot command-line.
- Added
wait_for_complete_command that defines whether to detach the
complete command or to execute it synchronously and wait for the program to finish.
Default is true.
- Bugs:
- Bug: wrong error when missing configuration.xml (invalid schema version vs. missing
configuration.xml).
- Bug: reference (web) configurations broken in the editor.
- Bug: wrong semantics of
auto_close_if_installed. The bootstrapper will
now close after any successful installation session when this option is set.
- Bug: silent install failures pop up error dialogs that don't auto-close.
- Bug: EmbedFolder components broken when configuration is (re)saved with InstallerEditor.
- Misc:
- Refactored the dotNetInstaller bootstrapper into a dotNetInstallerLib C++ library
and a GUI driver.
- Extended unit test coverage across C# and C++ installer and support tools libraries.
1.6 (6/29/2009)
- First release off CodePlex,
http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com.
- New MSI installer. You can use the installer or a binary distribution package.
- New, largely rewritten, CHM documentation.
- Changed behavior of file embedding to explicit: disabled automatic embedding of
files from
msi, download and openfile components,
set /Embed to True by default.
- Added an
EmbedFolder configuration component to embed directories and
subdirectories with an optional wildcard and configurable destination.
- Added parity between
EmbedFolder and EmbedFile components
which can be now specified in both the configuration and on the command line.
- InstallerLinker: embedded files that cannot be found are reported as errors with
their full paths.
- InstallerLinker: Changed default value of
/AppPath, now defaults to
the current directory and not to the location of the configuration.xml.
- dotNetInstaller: embedded CABs are now segmented into 32-megabyte chunks. This reduces
the minimum required memory for installers containing embedded CABs to about 48Mb,
reduces paging and improves performance during extraction of large embedded CABs.
Added editor and linker support for Windows Vista/XP 64.
- Added OS filter identifiers for Windows Server 2008.
- Added
InstalledCheckOperator of 'And', 'Or' and 'Not' types that combine
results from one or more InstalledCheck and InstalledCheckOperator
elements.
- dotNetInstaller: Added
/componentArgs "component description":"parameters"
to dotNetInstaller.exe command line. This enables passing additional parameters
to specific components declared in configuration.xml.
- InstallerEditor: added support for configuration file XML comments and a text box
where the developer can edit a comment, saved as an xml comment above the selected
node.
- InstallerEditor: configuration tree now supports deletion of nodes with the keyboard
Delete key and will popup the Add menu with the Insert key.
- InstallerEditor: components can be dragged and dropped between nodes.
- InstallerEditor: the About box can be closed with the Escape key.
- InstallerEditor: added Expand All, Collapse All, Move, Move Up and Move Down context
menu items.
- InstallerEditor: Shift+Up and Shift+Down arrows move components up and down.
- InstallerEditor: added support for multiline properties for most non-caption or
button messages.
- InstallerEditor: added shortcuts to open a configuration file (Ctrl+O), create a
new configuration file (Ctrl+N), save the current configuration (Ctrl+S), generate
an exe (F10), exit (Alt+F4) and refresh (F5).
- InstallerEditor: user no longer prompted for a configuration file name on New.
- InstallerEditor: the New and Open menu items are always enabled.
- InstallerEditor: added a status strip that reports general information, including
Save or Load.
- InstallerEditor: closing a configuration no longer prompts to save changes when
there were no changes made.
- InstallerEditor: writes schema and generator version information to configuration.xml.
- Added
allow_continue_on_error globally and per-component: when false
user is no longer prompted to continue on error, instead the user is informed of
the failure and installation aborts. Combine this option with auto_close_on_error
to get predictable failure behavior as bootstrapper will close after an element
of setup failed. Note that in order for a component to allow continuing on error
both the global and the component setting must be set to True.
- DotNetInstaller: warns and offers the user to abort if configuration was not generated
with a matching version of InstallerEditor.
- DotNetInstaller: merged functionality of the Advanced component selector into the
main window, removed the Advanced button.
- Added
dialog_show_required: when false, required components are hidden.
- Added
dialog_show_installed: when false, installed components are hidden.
- Added
must_reboot_required: globally and per-component. Setting this
option to true will prevent users from continuing when a reboot is required.
- Added
failed_exec_command_continue per-component extending the global
setting that defines the message to show when a component fails to install.
- Added optional
reboot_required: a message that can be configured per
component, extending the global setting.
- Added
auto_close_on_error: changes behavior on component error, now
optionally closing the bootstrapper.
- Added a set of options that enable resizing of the main installer dialog elements:
dialog_position
dialog_components_list_position, dialog_message_position,
dialog_bitmap_position, dialog_otherinfo_link_position,
dialog_osinfo_position, dialog_install_button_position,
dialog_cancel_button_position and dialog_skip_button_position.
Supports resizing coordinates selectively.
- Added
configuration_no_match_message that displays as error when no
configuration matching operating system, locale or processor architecture filters
has been found. Removed unused os_filter_not_match_message and processor_architecture_filter_not_match_message.
- Added
#SYSTEMWINDOWSPATH constant resolved to system Windows directory
in paths.
- Added
#PID constant resolved to process ID in paths.
- Added
embed option to msi, openfile and download (sub)components to
disable automatic file embedding.
- Added
lcidtype option to the configuration file that can be set to
the method to use to obtain the current LCID used to match a configuration. Now
supports user.exe (KB181604), system and user methods.
- Expanded
status_installed and status_notinstalled per-component.
- Download dialog
autostartdownload default value is changed to
true.
- Added
sourcepath to support mixed-mode physical media distribution
scenarios where frequently required components are embedded and other components
downloaded.
- dotNetInstaller process exit code is now 0 on success, MSI return code on an MSI
component failure, process exit code on a non-zero cmd component return, -2 on cancel
from main dialog and -1 on any other error. Check
%ERRORLEVEL% in batch
scripts.
- Silent install support was extended to a full UI, basic UI and no UI mode, silent
install no longer pops up progress dialogs, while basic UI install does without
requiring user interaction. All UI modes are enabled via configuration and can be
overriden from command line with /q (silent), /qb (basic UI) and /nq (full UI).
- Hidden folders and files are no longer embedded.
- Added
installation_none, displayed instead of installation_complete
when no components were required.
- Bug: cancel has no effect on the download dialog before download starts.
- Bug: download dialog will no longer appear when download is not required.
- Bug: command-line parameters are not preserved on reboot.
- Bug: /ComponentArgs cannot contain a colon.
- Bug: errors in command line arguments aren't reported.
- Bug: dotNetInstaller doesn't report invalid command-line parameters.
1.5 (10/25/2008)
- Added support for installing 64-bit applications, including WOW support for component
installed checks, processor architecture restrictions per installation and/or component,
etc.
- Added support for silent installs; silent mode can be declared either in the configuration
XML or from the command line.
- Added command_silent to the component of type "command" and cmdparameters_silent
to the component of type "msi" that optionally replace command and cmdparameters
parameters in a silent install.
- Added an "alwaysdownload" configuration XML attribute to the download element; if
this value is false, the file will not be download if it already exists locally
(this enables using the same configuration XML for both online and offline installs).
- Modified configuration-level OS filter matching to be included as part of the configuration
filter checks (previously, the program would exit if an unmatched configuration-level
OS filter was encounter).
- Updated configuration element processing so that all valid configuration blocks
(matching both OS and LCID filters) will be executed (previously, only the first
matching block was executed).
- Added environment variable processing support to component commands where the component
type is "cmd" or "msi".
- Modified complete_command handling so that dotNetInstaller will wait for Command_Complete
to finish executing.
- Added complete_command_silent to allow overriding complete_command on silent install.
- Added OS filter identifiers for Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows
Server 2003 SP2, and Windows Vista SP1.
- Added optional configuration-level and component-level OS filter matching system
architecture (x86, x64, etc). See "processor_architecture_filter". This filter restricts
the entire boostrapper from running on non-supported processors and enables installation
of different dependencies on different processor architectures.
- Added CABing, embedding of support files using
Elmue's CAB library and a PackagedSetup sample.
- Added an "Embed File" component, child of "configuration" and "component", to embed
support files when /Embed is specified.
- Added /ExtractCab command line option to dotNetInstaller.exe that extracts the embedded
CAB file and its contents in the current directory.
- Added InstallerLinker.exe with command line options /e (Embed) and /a (AppPath)
and /v (Verbose) for using in build processes.
- Added /EmbedFile and /EmbedFolder command line options to InstallerLinker to embed
individual files and folder structures.
- Added support for embedding an icon that can replace the default setup icon.
- Added "cab_dialog_message", "cab_cancelled_message", "cab_dialog_caption", "cab_path"
and "cab_path_autodelete" options.
- Temporary files (eg. downloaded files) will be deleted upon completion of dotNetInstaller.
- Added /Log command-line option and "log_enabled" configuration file parameter that
enables logging for dotNetInstaller and all MSI components executed.
- Added /LogFile <path\filename> command-line option and a log_file configuration
file parameter to specify the resulting full path to the log filename for the dotNetInstaller
itself.
- Added application version and operating system header to the log output as well
as a timestamp in front of every log entry.
- Added #CABPATH variable that can be used in path settings.
- Added #GUID variable that represents a unique GUID across a single instance of dotNetInstaller.
- Added an MSBuild script that centrally versions, builds and packages dotNetInstaller
into target/Debug|Release, including a sample.
- Added a combined Visual Studio solution, dni.sln with automatic versioning (reqiures
MSBuild Community Tasks); the major
and minor version number can be incremented in dni.proj, the build number is the
latest SVN revision and the release number is a timestamp.
- Added features to specify additional binary information, including copyright or
company name, specifically "file_version" and "product_version" configuration attributes,
as well as free-formed string attributes, using
ResourceLib.
- Added a component "required" option; a required component cannot be de-selected
in the Advanced tab and complete_command is only executed when all reqiured components
have been installed.
- Added /CompleteCommandArgs "value" to dotNetInstaller.exe to pass additional parameters
to "complete_command" and "complete_command_silent".
- Added horizontal scrollbars in component lists that can't fit all the text in.
1.3.3.0 (3/19/2007)
- dotNetInstaller can now recognize Windows Vista (Thanks to Rennie Petersen)
- Included .NET 2 components on the InstallerEditor templates (Thanks to Rennie Petersen)
- Added OS filter functionality. You can now specify on which OS your setup will be
running.
- In the complete_command you can now use environment variables (e.g. %Temp%)
- A template for german language is available in the InstallerEditor\templates\ folder
(Thanks to Rainer Halanek for the translation)
- Converted the projects to Visual Studio 2005 format.
- InstallerEditor runs now on top of .NET Framework 2.0.
- For a registry search the root key is now selectable. (Thanks to Steve)
- For a registry search you can check if a registry field for a registry key exists.
(Thanks to Steve)
- For a registry search you can check if a registry value contains a string. (Thanks
to James Muchmore)
- For a registry search you can now check multiline string values (REG_MULTI_SZ).
(Thanks to James Muchmore)
- Removed the old "Component Wizard" command of the InstallerEditor, now replaced
by the wizard that read from the template file (components.xml)
- Added to subversion a "Samples" folder with the structure of the SupportFiles folder
and one sample application
1.2.2.0 (8/3/2004)
- New article section: Samples.
- Changed the timeout of the download to 20 seconds.
- Fixed a bug when loading configuration file from the resources, used by the "Build
Exe" features.
- Added Win2000 Sp4 at "Component Wizard" list.
- Added Win2000 Sp3 as requirements for Jet 4 Sp8.
- Changed the samples with the service pack 4 of Win 2000 and used the auto download
features with the Web Setup Sample.
- Updated Sample directory in the zip file.
- Fixed a bug when reading and writing unicode strings using RegQueryValueEx and RegSetValueEx
(used for the autorun fetures and registry features)
- Changed utility function FileExistsCustom using GetFileAttributes. This seems to
be the best way to check if a file exist.
- Added a new Component Wizard to InstallerEditor (Component Wizard 2) with the Italian
version of the Components and an easier customization. The wizard use a resource
file (components.xml) to populate the available components so you can add you custom
component using this file. This change has no impact on the final configuration
file.
- Added NT4 Sp6 High Encryption, NT4 Sp6 Standard Encryption and MDAC 2.8 Italian
to the directory of SupportFiles.
- The configuration XML structure is the same as the previous release, you can use
the same configuration files.
1.2.0.0 (6/24/2004)
- New article sections: "Multilanguage features", "1.1.0.2 to 1.2.0.0 changes of XML
file", "Deploy dotNetInstaller" and "System Requirements Notes".
- Improved dotNetInstaller userinterface for a better interaction and a more customizable
setup for advanced users.
- Changed structure of XML configuration file for new features, you can use the Installer
Editor to update your old configuration files.
- Before using the TEMP directory check if the directory exist and if not exist try
to create it (see GetTempPath function on MSDN help).
- Added a progress bar control when installing components, thanks to Peter Mares for
A new progress bar
for all occassions..."
- Now the editor can use a list of template files to customize the language of the
intstaller.
- Added a customizable link at the bottom of the main dialog, thanks to Franz Wong
for Simple
Hyperlink Static Control.
- Added full UTF-8 support fot the configuration file, the editor and the installer.
- Now dotNetInstaller is compiled using UNICODE for full compatibility with non english
language. For Win 9x and ME now you must distribuite with dotNetInstaller.exe the
Microsoft Layer for Unicode, unicows.dll.
- Now I use TinyXml to parse XML file for best compatibility on UTF-8 and XML standards.
- Added enum for Windows Xp Sp2 (winXPsp2 = 82).
- Added "/log" command line parameters for dotNetInstaller to enable a basic log file
during installation.
- Now using auto_close_if_installed attribute and complete_command you can close automatically
dotNetInstaller when all the components are installed and execute an optional commands.
- Updated the structure of the SupportFiles directory and added MDAC 2.8, Jet4 Sp8.
- Removed Y2K Update for Windows 98 in the list of requirements components.
- Improved InstallerEditor and added wizard for MDAC 2.8, Internet Explorer 6Sp1,
Jet 4 Sp8 and NT4 Sp6a.
- Changed some steps of the tutorials to add unicows.dll and to zip the web setup.
- Fixed command line parameters for MDAC installation quiet mode.
- Changed the tutorials for 'How to create a Web Setup to install .NET Framework and
your msi setup'.
1.1.0.2 (1/6/2004)
- Removed SourceCode control from the projects.
1.1.0.2 (1/2/2004)
- Added ability to download required components from the web.
- Added #TEMPPATH path variable.
- Editor to create and modify XML configuration file.
- Many changes to the XML structure, old files are not compatible.
- Fixed a bug on the function that reads the operating system LCID.
1.0.8.0 (11/5/2003)
- Added #WINDOWSPATH path constant.
1.0.7.0 (9/28/2003)
- Bug fixed on MDAC and JET components configuration file (registry check to REG_SZ
and language support for JET).
1.0.7.0 (9/27/2003)