RayPack 2.0 adds RayQC Advanced Integration

Released: Sep 14, 2015

Updates in this release

Updates in 2.0

  • New MSI dialog designer - Significantly improves the UI management performance and adds cutting edge features that enable the user to build and design their own dialogs using the native MSI technology for a pixel-perfect preview.
  • RayPack and RayQC advanced integration - When both products are installed on the same machine, within one click a checklist can be generated from the FILE > QUALITY menu, providing a simple yet effective checklist to be used during pre-quality checks and by the quality engineering.
  • Row tracking and cascade updates - The row tracking mechanism can be used to track direct and indirect references. When editing a cell or removing a row, the connected rows will also be updated/deleted to maintain internal database consistency.
  • ISO/IEC-19770-2:2009 tagging - provides an easy way to generate . swi d files (Software Identification Tags) for the packages generated by PackDesigner.
  • PowerShell Custom Action Wizard - provides an easy way to setup up a call to PowerShell.exe, execute a specified script file or a short command.
  • App-V Test Launcher - When App-V packages (both 4.6/5.0) are generated, a setting in the profile can be used to copy RayPack’s App-V launcher to the output folder. This small program can be used to quickly start the selected package.
  • IIS Scanner - A standalone IIS scanner is provided which can be used to scan and extract the full configuration of a running IIS instance and import the results directly to RayPack project (RPP/MSI). The interactive GUI can be used to view and pick-up the right website to be exported.
  • Ability to build setup wrapper directly from PackDesigner - In the build settings screen, a checkbox can be used to create a wrapper over the current project. Depending on the selection, it can be generated as either an .exe file (storing necessary MSI and CAB files inside) or as command line wrapper (.cmd) that can be used to install the package.
  • Prerequisites handling - The new Prerequisites screen provides an easy way to define critical dependencies of the currently edited project. RayPack 2.0 contains a predefined list of commonly used prerequisites, with ability to download necessary files, internal dependencies, conditions etc.
  • Linked folders support - A folder can be now marked as “dynamic” by linking it to a physical path on the local drive.