Released: Jun 28, 2023

Updates in 20.8

Features

• Advanced Installer Microsoft Visual Studio Extension: Added support for publishing .NET AOT projects directly from Visual Studio.
• Added CLI support for the 'Updates Targets' section of the updates configuration project.
• Date and time column is now included in the "Recent Project" list from Start Page.
• Updated the install conditions for the "WebView2" prerequisite.
• Added padding for the checkboxes in the "OptionalFeatsDlg" dialog.
• App Installer theme updates: Optimized the way properties are managed during runtime, placed additional dialogs under an optional custom install mode.

Fixes

• The "File version" and "Product name" details are not stored in the EXE metadata when an EXE patch is created.
• Custom action "upgrade options" should not be available if action is scheduled before "FindRelatedProducts".
• COM class becomes corrupted after changing the version of its file.
• Fixed build error: Creating resources.pri file(s) failed to import resources.pri file.
• The Control Panel icon is not displayed during installation from the command line with the /qb parameter.
• "LicenseAgreementDlg" is added while using the AppInstaller theme when activating Analytics.
• Launch application keeps "ExitDialog" in the background.
• COM registry keys are not hidden after importing a reg file.
• Loading error for "ViewReadmeText" control after conversion to version 20.7.1.
• Fixed translation issues on Surface theme: Hyperlink control is not displayed correctly for the Italian language and the Reboot dialog is not translated.
• Version details are missing from the "Recent Project" and Type details are moved under the Version column in Advanced Installer version 20.6.
• IIS Response Header value is not added correctly.
• When the main setup is executed under the System account, the extraction of the prerequisite fails.
• The "Cannot find the [.log file]" error occurs after canceling a mandatory pre-install prerequisite.
• Start Powershell Script fails when PowerShell 2.0 is disabled.
• Self-repair is launched after uninstalling another Advanced Installer version.
• The extraction folder is not removed after installing an EXE setup that uses LZMA compression and requires a reboot.