MSI Generator release notes
Release notes for MSI Generator v.3.1.0:
Version 3.1.0.268 (31.03.2014)
New features:
- Creation of App-V 5.0 packages is now supported;
- Added possibility to manage Product and Upgrade codes;
Other changes:
- A lot of critical and high priority issues fixed.
Release notes for MSI Generator v.3.0.0:
Version 3.0.0 (22.01.2014)
New features:
Other changes:
- Minor bugs fixed
- UI usability improved
Version 2.8.0 (03.07.2013)
New features:
- Empty user profile folders can be excluded by changing setting in profile
- Vendor MSI properties that set by Custom Actions like 51 now not captured
- .Net 4.5 and Windows 8 support
- MSI Editor integration
- App-V Generator integration
- Installed by vendor MSI features detection
- Property names validation added
- Now user can launch multiple copies of MSI Generator
Bugs fixed:
- Registry entries parsing fixes (x64 registry entries capture fixes, advertise tables fixes)
- Merge module fixes (merge modules were not applied to MSI, problems with add MSM pool button)
- Lots of small UI fixes
- Network shortcuts capture and import fixed
- Fixes in installation monitoring, fixed bug when broken MSIs were copied
Other changes:
- Permissions filtering improved, now redundant permissions are not captured
- UI usability improved
- "Installation tailoring" replaced by "Transform options"
- Network connections feature was removed
Version 2.7.1 (11.03.2013)
Bugs fixed:
- Improved exclusion filters
- Switched on checkboxes in default profile for advertizing and shortcuts
- Unhandled Exception is catched, during launching MSI Generator, when Package folder is stored on Disconnected Network Drive.
- In created .cab-file the creation date for files changed to the current date
- Platform type in Summary Info is defined incorrectly
Version 2.7.0 (16.01.2013)
Bugs fixed:
- Message box "Save changes [Yes], [No], [Cancel]" is not showed
- "Home window" is opened in addition to "snapshot creation" window
- Permission option "Do not apply" is not saved
Other changes:
- Change text on control elements and annotations to them
- Add .Net 4.5 presence check at application start
Version 2.6.8 (26.12.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- Fixed crash during saving some specific file names in MSI
- MSI Generator started after 2nd reboot
- Handle exeption when open corrupted diffFile
- Add ".mst" to MSTFileName field
- Fix crash when import files, folders or registry
Other changes:
- Filters update
- Removed PACE.exl
- Remove vendor file language from comparison
Version 2.6.7 (18.12.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- Some added empty folders, under user profiel, are not created during building mst.
- Change Template MSI DataBase CodePage from 65001 to 0
- Make MSI Generator zip-folder and msi package identical
- Evaluation restrictions are incorrect for shortcuts
- MST. File is present in the cab and has not contain the compressed attribute.
- MSI Generator doesn't work according Specification
Other changes:
- Make sorting column marked
- Rename context menu submenu to Always Exclude
- Make log file link recognizable
- UI Style Defects
Version 2.6.6 (10.12.2012)
New features:
- In MSI Name field only MSI name is displayed
- Directory parsing performance optimized
- Open trace log when user press "Package Creation Log" link
Bugs fixed:
- Create Drive and Create Folder buttons were not disabled in exclude tree
- Now installation runs in separate process
- Package name did not changed properly
- Detected MSI log displayed only 3 position
- Wrong MULTI_SZ processing
- ICE03 - not valid shortcut short names generation
- QWORD registry entries are added to MSI as BINARY now
- Adding CABs to Media table fixed
- Template Media table Sequence_ field changed to long integer
- Warning about record adding failure made more clear
- Fixed shortcut include action
- Fixed generation of temporary file names
- ListView include-exclude behaviour fixed
Other changes:
- Removed checkboxes from found MSIs list
- Changed path for Docu Generator result
- Filter improvements
Version 2.6.5 (26.11.2012)
New features:
Bugs fixed:
- Unhandled exeption after profile without msi-template selected
- MSI Generator installation upgrade fixed
- Disable Menu during build package
- Disable button Setting during second snapshot
- Different height on Filter and Detect Msi tabs
- Ask license on first launch for registered MSI Generator
- MSI Generator installation is not sighned by sertificate
- Exeption when "Import Files" hotkey pressed without selected folder
- "Import Files" context menu disabled on the List view of File tab
Version 2.6.4 (12.11.2012)
New features:
- Splitted user (editable) and machine configuration
- "Add to exclusion list" functionality
- New MSI Generator project extension (.mgp) and associations
- Full Vendor MSI path in tooltip
- New default project and package folder locations
- Looking for installed applications info in HKCU (per-user installations)
- When MSI log found at first time - switch to Found MSI's logs tab
Bugs fixed:
- Button's font is blurry
- MSI Generator can not be installed on WinServer 2003
- Button "Close" does not work on Compare Snapshots form
- No background for "Add" button in Settings
- Fixed updating and displaying of context menu
- Fixed default folder for MST
- Unhandled exception on Build Package (MST) without Vendor MSI
- Some other minor fixes
Version 2.6.3 (01.10.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- UI fixes
- Improve filtering in ListView View
- Posibility to Add and Delete Application Properties
- Decrease InstallerVersion from 400 to 300
- Make resisable ListView
- Summary Info adequate update
- Increase snapshoting process
- Change restriction for license
Version 2.6.2 (10.09.2012)
New features:
- New design
- Create Properties Tab
- Create SystemRecources Tab
- Create Permissins Tab
- Create Shortcut Tab
- Improve Package Tab
Bugs fixed:
Version 2.6.1 (27.08.2012)
New features:
- New design
- Filtering in List view of Registry/File tab
- Save last 10 opened project
- Add Context Menu
- Improve MSI Generator according design specification
- Improve input dialogs
Bugs fixed:
Version 2.6.0 (13.08.2012)
New features:
- New design
- New functionality of Registry tab
- New functionality of File tab
- Implement main menu
Bugs fixed:
Version 2.5.5 (19.06.2012)
New features:
- Sign MSIGenerator with Microsoft sertificate
- New Localization approach
- During snapshot MSIGenerator save short name for files and folders
- MSIGenerator warn about incorect code page for MSI database
Bugs fixed:
- UI fixes
- Fixed bug when removed files add to File Table
- Some bug fix with Install Tailor
- Low resolution of shortcuts are fixed
- Some minor bug fix
Version 2.5.0 (05.06.2012)
New features:
- Integration with Doku-Generator added
- Install Tailor mode added
- INSTALLDIR customization added
- "Add Active Setup" option added to profile configuration
Bugs fixed:
- Missing actions in InstallExecuteSequence table
- Wrong component attribute in 64-bit registry
- Wrong symobls in IniFile table
- Some MSI Generator crashes fixed
- Amount of dummy keys in Registry table reduced
- Locked files in MST
- Wrong component attribute in 64-bit ODBCDataSource
- Assembly name missing from AssemblyName table
- "An item with the same key has already been added" fixed
- ICE 03 Error Not a valid foreign key
Version 2.4.0 (21.05.2012)
New features:
- Detection of vendor msi during installation
- Mst creation improved
- Adding of required non existing tables
- Mst only update mode added
- Snapshot filters updated
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Wrong environment variable component
- Wrong odbc driver component attribute
- Dublicated short names
- Incorect work of msm creation
- ICE errors & warnings
Version 2.3.0 (03.05.2012)
New features:
- Detecting msi & log files during source package installation
- Unatended mode
- Extended command line arguments functionality
- Using detected log files in mst creation.
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Fix bug with environment variables
- Fix bug with odbc data sources
- Fix bug with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
Licensing mechanism changed (keys from old versions are not compatible)
Version 2.2.0 (02.04.2012)
New features:
- Create MST with registry changes
- Add ability to filtering files and registries
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Fix bug with directory x64 attribute
- Fix bug with parsing some unusual shortcuts
- Fix bug when MSIGenerator was in process after press button "Close"
Version 2.1.2 (19.03.2012)
New features:
- Create MST with filesystem changes
- Improved Locked Files interface
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Fix bug with file's long pathes
- Table Shotcut was not created
Version 2.0.5 (03.03.2012)
New features:
- Merge modules applying
- Create and compare system snapshots
- MSI Generator is now Windows 7 Client logo compatible
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Crash on importing/exporting files/registry entries
- Crash on changing mode
Version 1.2.1 (17.02.2012)
New features:
Bugs fixed:
- Some UI fixes
- Incomplete product MSI installation
- Crash on ini file table generation
Version 1.2.0 (13.02.2012)
New features:
- Merge Modules - now you can scan created msi for merge modules
- MSI Generator moved to .Net Framework 4.0
- New licensing mechanism (keys from old versions is not compatible)
- Generation inf-file for Secedit
Bugs fixed:
- Non removed shortcut directories
- Spaces in "Run Application"
- Some UI fixes
Version 1.1.6 (30.01.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- The same ini files in different folders had same registry keys in registry tables
- Keys that belong to ProgID, AppID, TypeLib had different component if this keys wasn't predifined
- Add new exclusion list
- Fix bug: Environment variables were not showed
- Fix TypeLib version parsing
- Correct filling ODBCDriver table
Version 1.1.5 (16.01.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- MSIGenerator didn't execute after reboot
- Fix ListView selected item in all forms
- Fix license protection
- Fix parsing of ini files
- Permissions were not scaning after reboot.
Version 1.1.4 (04.01.2012)
Bugs fixed:
- Locked Files were detected not correctly
- Improved FileLockedList Form
- Sequence counter in Madia Tables was not reset after click "Creater"
- All permission in permission list was unchecked
- Splited resources for Infopulse and Highsytem projects
- Fix license agreement for Infopulse
- Fix GUID for Infopulse project
- Change link to the Infopulse site
Version 1.1.3 (17.12.2011)
New features:
- Permissions - now you can see what permission were changed or set during installing. Also you can add this permission to MSI
Bugs fixed:
- Corrected work of Cancel button during first or second snapshot.
- Remove unneeded files after finish
- Corrected ini-files short names creation
- Set correct date in summary information in MSI-files
- Fix path for external cab (now it is placed near msi-file)
- Corrected path to folders (Filters, Profile, Packages) during start MSIGenerator
- Corrected work of Max_Ini_File_Size field
- Changed banner during start MSIGenerator
- ssMake and ssCompare tools made independent of VC Redistributabes
- Fixed creation of too many dummy keys for CreateFolder records
- Corrected filling of advertising tables
- Fix some bugs in Summary info
Older versions
New features:
- Import/Export files/folders and registry - now you can add/extract new files/folders and registry in your package.
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