Installer2GO Version History

• Fixed a bug with saving file/folder properties.

• Added Folder Permissions support.
• Added possibility to start a custom action before a first dialog screen be showed.

• Add File Permissions support.

• Add Arabic language support.
• Update Spanish translation for the setup.
• Fixed some bugs in Shortcuts, Environment tab handling.

• Fixed some small bugs.

• Added Search feature.
• Added a Windows Vista support.
• Fixed a bug in supporting Binary Registry Values.

• Fixed a bug with merge modules with non-default code page.
• Fixed a bug with register ActiveX that have depends dll's.
• Changed some field names for better comprehension. Now:
    Upgrade Identifier - Product Code in previous versions.
    Product Identifier - Upgrade Code in previous versions.
  For details see the Product Code and Upgrade Code terms
  in the Microsoft Windows Installer documentation.

• Fixed a bug with codepage support on non-Unicode systems.

• Fixed a bug with codepage support on non-Unicode systems.

• Changed the registry table generation.
• Fixed a bug in the Environment tab handling.
• Corrected German language transform.
• Corrected Dutch language transform.
• Fixed a bug with import Registry file with brackets.
• Added the Turkish language support for generated packages.
• Fixed a bug with crash on deleting a group of files with referencies.

• Added feature for the Finished dialog. "View Readme" and "Run Installed Application" checkboxes could be optinally checked by default.
• Added Run Setup feature.
• Added Windows Server 2003 supporting.
• Added Common Application Data folder.
• Added Italian translation for the builder.
• Added Hunguraian language support for generated packages.
• Updated Dutch language support for generated packages.

• Fixed a bug in import .reg file module.

• Fixed a bug in embedded variables resolves in registry keys.

• Added the Serbian language support for generated packages.

• Fixed a bug in custom shortcut handling.
• Fixed a bug in working directory handling in shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug in custom actions loading that terminal quotation mark in additional launch condition got lost.
• Add Turkish language support for the Builder.

• Fixed a bug with saving/loading a File Types section in the project file.
• Add Traditional chinese language support.
• Update German translation for the builder.
• Update French languge support for setup.

• Fixed a bug with saving/loading a project file.

• Fixed a bug in uninstall shortcut creating.
• Fixed a bug in the forward slash handling in a project file.
• Fixed a bug in loading language files.

• Added a upgrade package creating facility.
• Added a custom hardcoded installation path support.
• Made optimization for huge projects.
• Fixed the bug with handling files with commas in the file name.
• Added an embedded variables resolving in the command line of the custom actions.
• Added import System ODBC DSN support.

• Fixed a bug with incorrect installation of projects with ODBC drivers.

• Fixed a bug with substituting variables in registry values.
• Fixed a bug with installing empty folders.

• Added the French language support in the builder.
• Did some correction in German transform file.
• Fixed a bug with configure the resources in the Setup.exe bootstrap executable.

• Fixed a bug with handling referenced files in Services, ODBC, Custom Actions, Files Types and Shortcuts tabs.
• Fixed a bug in Registry module.
• Fixed a bug with font files handling.

• Updated Norwegian language file for the builder.
• Fixed a bug with internet shortcuts handling.
• Fixed a bug with resolving variables.

• Fixed a bug with custom actions, ODBC and environment support in the batch mode.

• Changed the components generation model. It made possible to build a large project.
• Updated Spanich language file for the builder.
• Updated Chinese (GB) language file for the builder.
• Fixed a with substitution variables in shortcut fields.
• Fixed a some small bugs.

• Fixed some bugs in Registry module.
• Fixed a bug in the loading project module.

• Added the Slovak language support in the builder.
• Fixed a bug in supporting special characters in Registry Values.

• Fixed a bug in supporting Binary Registry Values.
• Fixed a bug in writing project file with large text strings.

• Added the Slovenian language support in the builder.
• Added more detailed error descriptions in the builder dialog handling.
• Improved importing of the .reg files.

• Added the Norwegian language support in the builder.
• Fixed a bug in supporting String Registry Values.

• Added the Greek language support in the builder.
• Updated the Chinese (Simplified) language files.
• Added the description property for shortcut.
• Added possibility to create a custom shortcut.
• Added possibility to create shortcut folders in the Start menu and the Programs menu.
• Fixed a bug in the Merge Modules tab.
• Fixed a bug in supporting Binary Registry Values.

• Updated the Setup Wizard titles to make them more neutral.

• Fixed a bug with shortcuts support (the bug since version 3.1).
• Updated the batch mode. Now if you enter the project file without full path the builder search it in the current directory.

• Fixed a bug with merge modules support.
• Added a command line options decription to the help.

• Added build project in the batch mode support.
• Added the Danish language support.
• Added the Portuguese (Brazil) language support.
• Updated the German translation for the builder.
• Added built-in variables support in the ODBC tab.
• Fixed a bug with built-in variables support.

• Added the Chinese (Simplified) language support.
• Added the Italian language support.
• Added a new feature in the Setup Settings tab. Now you can use folders/subfolders in the "Default Product Shortcut Folder Name".

• Added the Spanish language support.
• Fixed a bug when a complex "Default Installation Root Folder" and non-English installer language.

• Fixed a bug when "Default Installation Root Folder" is equal "Windows Volume Root Directory".

• Fixed a bug in the supporting operating systems checking in the non-English setup packages.

• Added the Greek language support.
• Fixed a bug in the versioned files handling.

• Added the Windows XP style support for self-extracted installers.

• Changed handling a custom action "Nested MSI" with additional launch condition.
• Fixed a bug in the handling ODBC attributes.

• Added a new tab - the Enviroment tab to support enviroment variables.
• Added additional dialog layout. Now you can choose from two dialog layouts. The first layout has two customizable banners - left and top banners. The second layout has only one customizable banner - the left banner.
• Added fonts installation support.
• Added new target folders in the Files tab:
  Application Data - the location for the Current User Application Data folder within the Documents and Settings folder on the destination system;
  Favorites - the location of the Favorites folder on the destination system;
  My Documents - the location of the My Documents folder on the destination system.
  Startup - the location of the Startup folder on the destination system.
  Desktop - the location of the Desktop folder on the destination system.
• Added Quick Launch Toolbar folder for the application shortcuts. Now you can optionally create application shortcuts in this folder.
• Added customizable icon for the self-extracted installer.
• Changed implementation of the language support to solve the problem with language specific characters.
• Some improvements in the product help.
• Fixed a bug in the "Additional launch condition" handling.
• Added command line arguments support in the "Open Document" custom action.

• Fixed a bug in the handling merge modules without files.
• Add the "Additional launch condition" field in the Custom Action Properties dialog.
• Fixed a bug in crearing some tab pages on the new project.

• Fixed a bug in the handling files in merge modules.

• Fixed a bug - didn't work a check for the "Self Register OCX/DLL/EXE/TLB" property.

• Fixed a bug - didn't insert CAB-file from merge module to the main installation.
• Fixed a bug - "The settings for 'Default Product Installation Folder Name' and 'Default Product Shortcut Folder Name' always revert to %ProductName%".
• Fixed a bug - "Not correctly created the data for a shortcut for a file on the destination computer".

• Added language support in the Setup Settings tab.

• Added nested MSI support in the Custom Actions tab.
• Added "Open Document" custom action in the Custom Actions tab.
• Added new option "Windows Volume Root Directory" to the Default Installation Root Folder in the Setup Settings tab.
• Substantially improved View Readme option in the Finished dialog. Now you can use *.txt, *.rtf, *.htm, *.html files to show readme info.

• The product now has a new name - Installer2Go.
• External Tools tab replaced with Custom Actions tab. Now you can run EXE, DLL, JScript, and VBScript attached to the Installation, installed with the product, from destination computer. Please read product Help for more info on these features.
• Added Services support. You can define applications to be installed as services under Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
• Added ODBC support. You can add ODBC data sources, drivers and translators to your installation package.
• Substantially improved Merge Modules support. You can add merge modules (.msm files) which install commonly-used Microsoft software packages, such as MFC runtime, Visual Basic runtime, DCOM, MDAC or other pre-created merge modules.
• Fixed a couple of small bugs reported by our customers.
• Changed product license. Now the Installer2Go is FREEWARE !!!

• Fixed a bug - Now it is possible to have blanks (white spaces) in the Default Product Installation Folder Name field inside Install Settings section of the Setup Settings tab.

• Added "Force restart after successful installation" option to the Install Settings of the Setup Info tab.

• Maintenance release - fixed a number of minor bugs in File and Registry tabs.

• Fixed a bug - in some rare cases the product does not install properly files defined in Windows folder of the Files tab.
• Add a new feature - now you should define target root folder of your installation from the following list of supported root folders:
  Program Files
  Program Files\Common Files
  Windows
  Windows\System

• Fixed a bug in a Dialogs/Screens tab.

• Fixed a problem with %AppDir% variable in the Registry tab.

• Added Modify, Repair or Remove installation dialog.
• Added multi-level directory support for the Default Product Installation Folder Name field in the Setup Settings tab.
• Added Spanish language support in the Builder application.
• Fixed a problem with custom dialog images in the Dialogs tab.
• Improved Merge modules support.
• Improved MSI tables generation procedure to eliminate validation warnings.
• Renamed Builder language files to remove language specific characters.

• Fixed a problem with variables support in the Registry tab.

• New Feature - Creating Self-Extracting Executable that will contain your setup package along with a copy of Windows Installer to simplify Windows 95/98/NT4 support.
• Added Danish language support in the Builder application.
• Fixed a problem with installation in user defined directory.
• Fixed a problem with creating Internet Shortcuts.

• Fixed a problem with creating shortcuts on Desktop.
• Added French language support.

• Initial release of the Installer2Go.