SetupBuilder 2016 Version 10.0 Build 5074 Maintenance Release Available

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All,

We just released version 10.0 build 5074 which is a free upgrade for all
SetupBuilder customers with an active Maintenance and Support Plan. The
update contains important bug fixes and enhancements. The easiest way to
obtain this version is to click 'Help' > 'Check for Updates' in the
SetupBuilder 10 IDE.

We strongly recommend that all customers upgrade to the new version of
SetupBuilder 10 as soon as possible to maintain the highest level of
support, performance and reliability.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to build 5074.

I'll post more information about the upcoming version 10.1 later this week.


SetupBuilder 2016 Version 10.0 Build 5074 (February 29, 2016)
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NEW : IDE: Add new "Code-Signing" tab to the IDE 'Tools > Options...'
for global SHA-1, SHA-2 or SHA-1/SHA-2 code-sign configuration.

NEW : Add enhanced support for "Windows Server 2016".

NEW : IDE: Add new "Get Microsoft SignTool" option to the 'Help'
menu bar.

NEW : IDE: Add "Get Trust [Code-Signature - Serial Number]", "Get
Trust [Code-Signature - Expiration Date]" and "Get Trust
[Code-Signature - Issuer Name]" to the "#get file info..."
compiler directive.

NEW : Add "Installer Progress Percentage" option to the "Get System
Info..." script function.

FIX : IDE: Under certain circumstances, a project re-compile caused
missing 64-bit installer support files.

FIX : IDE: When creating a new .sbp project and switching into the
Script Editor without doing a "save" first, the project tab
displayed the "Common Definitions.sbi" instead of the newly
created project name.

FIX : Installer: [SB#6-02111] On the Installation Progress dialog,
the sub-heading text did not wrap the "Please wait while the
Setup Wizard installs [PRODUCTNAME]. This may take several
minutes." It turned out that this behavior is by Windows
design. When specifying any of the ellipsis styles for a static
control, the control becomes a single line control.

FIX : Installer: [SB#6-02111] During an Unzip process, the progress
dialog showed all the files that were unzipping in the lower
progress bar graph, but the upper bar graph was still "stuck"
displaying the last normal file installed.

CHANGE : IDE: Add new $WIN_SERVER2016$ Windows Version ID to the "Common
Definitions.sbi".

CHANGE : IDE: Remove $WIN_SERVER10$ Windows Version ID from the "Common
Definitions.sbi".

CHANGE : IDE: Add "Disable early compiler variable resolving" option to
the "#pragma..." compiler directive.

CHANGE : IDE: The compile project action can be initiated from .sbi
tabs. This will automatically process a pending .sbi save
action.

CHANGE : IDE: Remove the .PVK/.SPC entries from the IDE 'Tools >
Options...'.

CHANGE : IDE: The Microsoft Authenticode SignCode.exe is not the default
code-signing tool any longer.

CHANGE : IDE: Remove the "File Locations" tab from the IDE 'Tools >
Options...'.

CHANGE : Removed obsolete "MSDE/SQL Server Version from the "Get System
Info..." script function.

CHANGE : IDE: Project Location moved from the "File Locations" tab to
the "Preferences" tab.

CHANGE : IDE: Modifications to the 'File > Script Structure Validation'
function to detect and fix an "Enable Web Update" issue. This
will reset "Store Properties in INI File" option to "No".

CHANGE : IDE: The "#code-sign application..." compiler directive shows
the path to the .PFX code-signing certificate in the Script
Editor.

CHANGE : Updated online help (CHM and PDF).

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Best regards,

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft | SetupBuilder | www.lindersoft.com
954.252.3910 (within US) | +1.954.252.3910 (outside US)

--SetupBuilder "point. click. ship"
--Helping You Build Better Installations
--Create Windows 10 ready installations in minutes
--Official COMODO Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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FYI: we'll upload updated "Core PreRequisites" for SetupBuilder 10 within
the next 48 hours.

Friedrich

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft | SetupBuilder | www.lindersoft.com
954.252.3910 (within US) | +1.954.252.3910 (outside US)

--SetupBuilder "point. click. ship"
--Helping You Build Better Installations
--Create Windows 10 ready installations in minutes
--Official COMODO Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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so 8.5 will not update to 10?
we need to actually install 10 then?

Best Regards...

Roberto Renz

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Hi Roberto,

> so 8.5 will not update to 10?
> we need to actually install 10 then?

SetupBuilder 8 and SetupBuilder 10 can co-exist on the same machine. SB10
is a new install.

Friedrich

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got it... I was clicking on the wrong icon on my desktop, I do have
both installed..

Roberto Renz

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Friedrich,

When I do the Help - Check for Documentation Updates within SetupBuilder
2016 Version 10.0 Build 5074 (February 29, 2016), I get an error when it
tries to download sb10_pdf.exe .

Looks like it is now called sb100_pdf.exe based on your link on the
download page of the website (which does work).

....jack

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Jack,

> When I do the Help - Check for Documentation Updates within SetupBuilder
> 2016 Version 10.0 Build 5074 (February 29, 2016), I get an error when it
> tries to download sb10_pdf.exe .

This is definitely an IDE issue, thank you! It's looking for "sb10_pdf.exe"
instead of "sb100_pdf.exe".

As a temporary workaround, I have uploaded another "sb10_pdf.exe". It's
working fine now.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention!

Friedrich

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Have downloaded and used it first time with a GPF at 'Inject Icon'¨.
Next try worked.

Seeing forward to use the improvements as allways.

Best regards

Edvard Korsbæk

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Edvard,

> Have downloaded and used it first time with a GPF at 'Inject Icon'¨.
> Next try worked.
>
> Seeing forward to use the improvements as allways.

Yes, that means your anti-virus or anti-spyware real-time monitoring feature
"killed" the SetupBuilder IDE to protect you <g>.

Inject icon manipulates an existing binary contents and your anti-software
thought this was a suspicious action. Your protection software had a hash
value of the previous SB10.EXE in its database and decided to stop the new
"unknown" SB10.EXE the hard way. It simply killed it to bring it down. But
when you start the IDE again then your smart protection software also has
the hash of the new SB10.EXE in its database ("it learns") -- and that's
enough to make the protection happy again. That is mega-stupid <g>.

Friedrich

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thanks from me and ESET (Your old friend :-)!

Edvard Korsbak

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>
> thanks from me and ESET (Your old friend :-)!
>

<G> ESET NOD32 is (at the moment) still the best protection software (IMO).
So good that my licenses are valid until February 2019. And yes, I also see
this "crash" on my first "Inject icon" (and sometimes on my first
Authenticode code-signing) operation whenever I test a brand new SB10.EXE
version. But hey, that's how ESET works and it's mega-stupid <bg>

Friedrich

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Thank you! Also updated the docs.

Russ Eggen
RADFusion International, LLC