SetupBuilder 5 Beta (build #939) released on October 29, 2004

SB5 Beta 5.0.939 is released.

We have recompiled SetupBuilder 5 with Clarion 6.1 Production Release (Hotfix 9029) and had to make some important internal modifications. We decided to make one more "Open Beta" for SetupBuilder 5 available.

Please let me know if the recompile causes any IDE instability!

Password protected URL: http://www.lindersoft.com/sb5/sb5_939.zip

Note: This is really the last "Open Beta" for SetupBuilder 5. The next SB5 beta comes with "web update" support and will only be available to registered SetupBuilder customers. We'll send out special announcements to all beta testers next week.

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- SetupBuilder 5.0 Build 939 (October 29, 2004)

IMPORTANT : Please use "Project|Update String Resources..." to update the string resources in your older SB5 scripts (< build# 909)!

Features/Improvements/Fixes/Changes/Notes:

FEATURE : Add support for SoftDefense Code Manager (General Settings dialog and setup compiler)
FEATURE : Add SoftDefense Code Manager program auto-detection
FEATURE : Add "NetShare..." script item to add and delete a shared resource
FEATURE : Get System Info: add "Hyper Threading Technology Status" function
FEATURE : Add "Remove key and all subkeys" operation to Edit Registry script item
FEATURE : Add "Wizard Dialog: Set Control..." script item to set focus, enable/disable and show/hide controls
FEATURE : Add the menu bar Help|Release Notes
IMPROVEMENT: Add two new sets of installation images created by 1st Logo Design.
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Top 8.bmp" top dialog bitmap
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Wait for .msi to finish" option to the "Run Windows Installer" script item
IMPROVEMENT: Add Comment tab to the "Define Wizard Dialog" script item
IMPROVEMENT: Add the menu bar New|Include Uninstall Script...
IMPROVEMENT: Loop Wizard script item: add "Always on top" option
IMPROVEMENT: Loop Wizard script item: add "Disable Minimize/Maximize Buttons" option
IMPROVEMENT: Display Setup Progress Dialog script item: add "Always on top" option
IMPROVEMENT: Display Setup Progress Dialog script item: add "Disable Minimize/Maximize Buttons" option
IMPROVEMENT: Compiler reports a warning if top and/or side bitmap is > 256 colors
IMPROVEMENT: Add up and down arrows to the Features Designer
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Set Control Properties Demo 1.sb5" script to demonstrates how to use "Wizard Dialog: Set Control..."
IMPROVEMENT: Add "Run Checkbox Demo 1.sb5" script to demonstrates how to display a check box on the finish dialog to run a program
FIX : Minor IDE fixes
FIX : Installer: silent mode was not working as expected
FIX : Remove a debug message from within the Run Program dialog
FIX : Under certain circumstances the "Break Loop" script item was not working as expected
FIX : If Feature Statement script item was not working as expected
FIX : Compiler did not detect an active debugger session
FIX : Uninstall could cause a GPF if the uninstaller was located at the root of a drive
FIX : "Run Windows Installer" script item could not be deleted
FIX : Navigate Backward/Forward did not display Run Programs dialog
FIX : Problem with renaming a custom-created compiler variable
FIX : Double-clicking an SB5 file in Explorer did not open the script in the SetupBuilder 5 IDE
FIX : Under certain circumstances too many Setup Types caused an installer stack failure
FIX : Features can be displayed incorrectly in a Properties list
FIX : Some dialog windows didn't list scroll bars on their variable lists
FIX : Under certain circumstances the Get System Information script tem was not working as expected
FIX : Shortcuts: "Enable access for all windows users" was not working as expected
FIX : Under certain circumstances Features were not working as expected
FIX : Run Program feature condition was not working as expected
FIX : User Info Dialog: "Enable User Type Option" was not working as expected
FIX : Registry DWORD value was limited to 4 digits
FIX : Under certain circumstances the Shortcut Properties dialog invoked from the Shortcut Properties list was not working as expected
CHANGE : Recompiled with Clarion 6.1 Production Release (Hotfix 9029)
CHANGE : Run Program: ShellExecuteEx replaces the ShellExecute Windows API. "Use ShellExecuteEx" option supports "Wait for Program"
CHANGE : Uninstaller does not display confirmation message boxes any longer (moved to the uninstall script). Virtually everything is now scripted
CHANGE : New uninstall.sbi include script
CHANGE : Installer: minor code change to work around a potential folder locking problem
CHANGE : Add optimized IDE starting procedure. Under certain circumstances when the SB5 IDE was launched, there was brief flash, and it was gone. The sbuilder.exe did show up on the Processes tab in task manager, but not on the application tab
NOTE : Successfully tested code signing based on Microsoft's Authenticode technology

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