PACE Suite Releases

Released: Oct 26, 2023

Updates in 6.1

Features

  • Editor for PSAppDeployToolkit - The PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (PSAppDeployToolkit) allows you to deploy applications in a corporate environment without any additional effort. To simplify the wrapping of your installations with the help of the PSAppDeployToolkit framework, Package Wrapper has been developed. Highlights of Package Wrapper include:
    • Support of personal/team PSADT templates.
    • Easy package creation of required PSADT version.
    • Advanced script editor with syntax...

Released: Apr 27, 2023

Updates in 6.0

Features

  • Editor for MSIX Packages - Added a new Editor for editing MSIX and APPX packages. View and edit the resources and settings of existing packages without their sources. It also lets you create a new package version with your changes included. All changes can be made and undone. It is also easier to identify the resources that have been added, changed, and deleted with the help of intelligent highlighting rules.
  • Enhanced "Look and Feel" - Introduced a brand-new design to PACE Suite...

Released: Jun 16, 2022

Updates in 5.8.x

v5.8

Updated Jun 16, 2022

Features

  • UI for ODBC - Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard API for accessing various database systems. With this release of PACE Suite, you can now efficiently handle the installation and configuration of ODBC drivers, data sources, and translators of your MSI package.
    • The advanced validation rules reduce human errors and increase package quality.
    • The new ODBC UI of Package Designer collects data from the ODBCDriver, ODBCAttribute, ODBCDataSource...

Released: Dec 16, 2021

Updates in 5.7.x

v5.7

Updated Dec 16, 2021

Features

  • Added support for Microsoft IntuneWin Packages.
    • Convert an existing app installer into an IntuneWin package (.intunewin) with an easy to use wizard. The wizard is an alternative to the console app Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool and provides you with the same functionality for creating packages and offers the following advantages:
      • Regular user interface instead of command-line switches.
      • Various validation rules.
      • Visual control of the package content, size...

Released: Feb 4, 2021

Updates in 5.6.x

v5.6.2

Updated Jun 15, 2021

Features

  • UI for Environment Variables
    • With the brand new tab Environment Variables there is no longer a need to deep dive into MSI tables. This tab is installed by the MSI package via a simple and user-friendly Package Designer interface.
    • The long set of prefixes, combinations and special characters in the Environment table are now presented as a dialog with available and compatible settings, written in simple language.
    • The new tab enables users to control variable...

Released: May 28, 2020

Updates in 5.5.x

v5.5.3

Updated Sep 30, 2020

Features

  • ARP setting management in MSI Generator. The user will be able to manage parameters directly in the MSI Generator. Previously it was available only in MSI Editor.
  • Automatic shortcut data filling in the MSI Generator and MSI Editor.
  • Improved readability UI: Increased font contrast, size, selections, etc.

Fixes

  • Fixes and improvements of the Pace Suite command line support.

v5.5.2

Updated Aug 27, 2020

Features

  • Introduces Subscription License options:
    • Flexibility...

Released: Feb 28, 2020

Updates in 5.4

Features

  • Launcher Tool - Launcher combines all PACE Suite tools in a single place and unifies accessing common functions. It groups the most-used packaging tasks with respect to the packaging lifecycle.
  • Setup Capture Tool - A capturing tool that runs repackaging on the local host and remote virtual machines. This is the small app that does not require PACE Suite license – simply copy and run it where you need to. Infopulse have reworked and significantly improved the capturing engine and...

Released: Aug 19, 2019

Updates in 5.3

Features

  • New Quality Approver application
    • Designed to test your package safety, compatibility and deployment readiness.
    • Tests MSI package and its apps for compliance with the Desktop App Certification Program, as well as MSIX/APPX package and its apps against the Microsoft Store requirements.
    • Supports automated package testing locally and on multiple virtual machines, hosted on the VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Oracle VirtualBox hypervisors.
    • Smart, step-by-step Wizard guides you through the...

Released: May 22, 2019

Updates in 5.2

Features

  • New Files tab
    • Enjoy a user-friendly Tree List in the Files tab and find both included and excluded resources in a single view with description of each item’s type, size and state. This view makes it easier to see all captured and manually added files of a folder, especially for the deep folders tree. The highlighting rules and filters helps you to navigate faster and easily find the necessary resources.
    • Use this tab to quickly edit name, parent folder and manage permissions of the...

Released: Feb 19, 2019

Updates in 5.1

Features

  • Create MSIX packages in PACE Suite
    • Select MSIX/APPX output package format
    • Create main and modification packages
    • Declare app capabilities
    • Select package supported platforms
    • Generate packages for all of the specified processor architectures at once
    • Combine generated packages into the bundle
    • Manage signature settings for packages and bundle
    • Generate the AppInstaller file for the non-Store distribution and auto-update of your app
    • Edit Manifest manually during the package building
    • Control...