SetupBuilder 5.3 is released

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SetupBuilder 5.3 is released.

SetupBuilder 5 is a powerful and easy to use Installation Authoring and
Configuration Management environment for developers and organizations
deploying applications to the Microsoft Windows Platform, including
Windows x64 and Windows Vista.

Click on "Check for updates" in the "Help" menu to auto-update your current
SB5 version.

You can also download the full SetupBuilder 5.3 install image by following
the appropriate link below:

For Developer Edition:
http://www.lindersoft.com/setupscript_4.htm

For Professional Edition:
http://www.lindersoft.com/lspsfx10_4.htm


Change log for release of SetupBuilder 5.3 Build 1385 (January 19, 2006)
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Features/Improvements/Fixes/Workarounds/Changes/Notes:

FEATURE : Add "sb5_msde2000a.sbi" include script to automate the
Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Release A installation.

This is the first in a series of include scripts that will
automate the installation of 3rd party technologies.

FEATURE : Add built-in support for Clarion 6.3

FEATURE : [SB#512193] Add a "Distribute File" menu option on the Build
menu.

FEATURE : Add "MSDE/SQL Server Version" option to the "Get System
Information" script function to retrieve the installed
Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) version including SQL Server 2005
and Express.

FEATURE : [SB#601171] Add "Installer Compile Date" option to the "Get
System Information" script function to retrieve the date of
compilation of a setup program.

IMPROVEMENT: [SB#512192] If the FTP upload process failed, the compiler
reports the WinINet error code now.

IMPROVEMENT: Avoid possible "Search for Files" script function buffer
overrun.

IMPROVEMENT: [SB#601121] Add 24bit color bitmap support.

IMPROVEMENT: Preprocessor:Define Symbol (#def) can accept a compiler
variable
value now.

IMPROVEMENT: [SB#601161] Add Find, Find Next, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete and
Select All Edit menu items.

IMPROVEMENT: Add "Remove read-only attribute" checkbox to "Send File(s) to
Recycle Bin" script function.

IMPROVEMENT: Add "Remove read-only attribute" checkbox to "Delete Local
File(s)" script function.

IMPROVEMENT: Add [MSDE2000A_DIRECTORY], [MSDE2000A_INSTANCENAME] and
[MSDE2000A_STRONGSAPASSWORD] compiler variables to support
Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Release A distribution.

FIX : [SB#512161] FTP Port saved incorrectly.

FIX : [SB#512194] In certain isolated circumstances, the Get Started
project pick list didn't get updated until you closed the
program and reloaded it.

FIX : [SB#512195] When the File Properties "User Original File
Attributes" checkbox and all other boxes were unchecked, you
ended up with read-only files if the source file was read-only.

FIX : [SB#511281] "Online Community" browser option on the Start
Page. It did not accept Enter/Return keys in the message
editor. Clarion 6.3.9050 fix.

FIX : Could not modify Options -> Dialog Templates.

FIX : Options -> Dialog Templates was not working as expected.

FIX : [SB#512291] Possible "Get Free Disk Space" problem when using
UNC paths.

FIX : [SB#511282] In certain isolated circumstances, a "Break"
statement (not related to the Wizard Loop) called from within
a "Wizard Loop" caused an infinite loop.

FIX : "Close" button on Variable List dialog did not work.

FIX : Avoid possible problem with long filenames in "Run Program"
script items.

CHANGE : [SB#512191] Hide the FTP password on the screen by masking it.

CHANGE : Compiler can detect a leading slash (/) in the Host Directory
(iDeploy).

CHANGE : Internal modifications to support the Visual Dialog Editor
(VDE) in one of the next releases.

CHANGE : [SB#601101] Installer command line switches and variable names
are not case-sensitive any longer.

CHANGE : IDE: minor modifications.

CHANGE : Add updated (recompiled) wupdate.exe Web Update client.

CHANGE: : Increment version number to 5.3.

CHANGE : Recompiled with Clarion 6.3 (9050).

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5

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Another flawless patch. ;-)

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Russ Eggen
www.radfusion.com

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On 19 Jan 2006 12:29:05 -0500, Russell B. Eggen wrote:

> Another flawless patch. ;-)
>

Even worked for me<g>
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Mark

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Thank you ;-)

Friedrich

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But not a patch on the full install... which went flawlessly as well <g>.

Steve B.