InstallAware X12 release notes - Date: June 8, 2020
InstallAware X12 is the now the first and only setup platform with a decentralized, peer to peer payment system, integrated at install time. Setups built with InstallAware may now automatically award royalties to their developers when purchases are made securely and discreetly within the setup wizard, using the Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency. Using InstallAware's Smart Contract authored in Solidity, funds are instantly transferred to the developer's wallet, directly from the end-user wallet, without third-party trust.
Re-installations are a breeze for past purchases, as they are instantly looked up on the ETH blockchain. First time purchases themselves are processed in fifteen seconds or less, competitive with the processing speeds involved with most traditional banking systems, such as that of many major credit cards.
The entire process happens directly on end-user Desktops, without ever launching a separate web browser, or requiring bulky application frameworks such as Electron. InstallAware setups, being fully light-weight and self-contained, have always run on all Windows versions without any brittle runtime dependencies; this flexibility and independence is now in the service of the decentralized, global blockchain payment system.
InstallAware X12 also empowers globally distributed development, with support for Microsoft Azure DevOps, featuring a brand-new Team Project Explorer; which is of critical import in these times of global uncertainty, and a transition to "work from home" ethos for most corporations worldwide.
InstallAware X12 also beefs up security for payloads it downloads on demand at install time. Referred to as "Web Media Blocks", these bits are now all securely code signed with Microsoft Authenticode technology. As they are downloaded from decentralized Torrent files/Magnet links (or traditional web servers, corporate networks, or even the FTP protocol), these bits are then verified to have been signed by the original setup author (re-signing by a malicious actor using a different certificate than the one originally used is detected successfully). Where this verification fails, setup automatically moves to the next redundant download source, without even requiring manual intervention by the end-user. This is yet another benefit automatically enjoyed by all InstallAware setups, in addition to its self-contained engine.


InstallAware X12 contains the following new features and enhancements for developing MSIX, App-V, and Windows Installer/Native Code packages.
IDE
- The InstallAware IDE now features a dedicated Team Project Explorer.
- The InstallAware IDE, together with all available InstallAware tools, now uses modern folder browse dialogs where supported by the underlying operating system.
- The script editor now offers in-place search for text with new advanced search options.
- The Project Manager window may now be configured to show full file paths.
Tools and Libraries
- The build process now automatically code signs Web Media Blocks using authenticode technology when code signing is enabled, unless the pre-defined #SKIP_WEBLOCK_SIGN# compiler variable has been set to TRUE.
- All standard InstallAware plug-ins and redistributable library files are now code-signed, to help defeat false anti-virus positives while setups are running on end-user systems.
- The Dialog Editor now offers direct access to Intra-Dialog Relations and Dialog Behavior on its menu bar.
- A new User Mode template builds an installer that runs under a limited user account without requiring elevation.
- A new Delayed Elevation template illustrates how to elevate a setup right before the main installation phase, as well as delaying earlier version removals until the same stage, and saving/loading feature selections during elevation.
- The updated Triple-Hybrid Win64 Setup template now enables installations on X86-only platforms, in addition to X64 and ARM64.
Plug-Ins
- The Windows Features plug-in internal feature listings have been updated to support Windows 10 20H1/2004.
- The Windows Features plug-in now configures ARM64 (AARCH64) targets.
Setup Engine
- The setup engine now automatically verifies authenticode signatures on built Web Media Blocks that are downloaded and/or pre-existing locally. If a downloaded Web Media Block fails verification, it will be re-downloaded (from another redundant source where available). If a locally pre-existing Web Media Block fails verification, it will be ignored, and a fresh download for that Web Media Block will be attempted from the list of available online sources. The setup engine treats authenticode signature verification errors as ordinary download/extraction errors.
New Scripting Commands
- The Format String command formats a string for display.
- The Generate GUID command returns a globally unique identifier.
- The Generate System ID command returns a hash, amalgamated from desired system components.
- The Get String Length command returns the length of a string.
- The Get String Position command returns the position of a substring in a string.
- The Match Regular Expression command determines whether a string matches a particular regular expression pattern.
- The Refresh Shell command explicitly refreshes the Windows Explorer shell.
- The Remove Directory command removes a directory, together with any files and subfolders it may contain, as an atomic operation.
- The Verify Code Signature command confirms the authenticode signature found on any file, optionally together with the name of the entity that signed the file.
Updated Scripting Commands
- The Create File Type command now performs per user (or per machine) file type registrations. It also forcefully associates applications with file types, and registers applications as well-known file type handlers.
- The Get Folder Location command may now query the download folder path.
- The Get OS or SP Level command now detects Windows 10 April 2020 Update (2004/20H1/Redstone 8).
- The Get System Settings command now detects Windows 10 April 2020 Update (2004/20H1/Redstone 8).
- The Get System Settings command now detects the operating system edition.
- The Get System Settings command now detects the pseudo-unique machine identifier.
- The Run Program As command may now elevate processes
InstallAware is a software installation solution for Windows Installer that enables MSIcode scripting for rapid setup development without the high cost and steep learning curve of other setup solutions. With InstallAware you can build sophisticated installations in record time without any programming or scripting skills. InstallAware provides you with the latest features and technology support, with the advantages of true rapid-Windows Installer development productivity.






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Product: InstallAware Studio Admin X12
Version: 29.02.00.2020 Build 06.17.2020
Supported Architectures: 32bit / 64bit
Website Home Page :

www.installaware.com

Language: english
System Requirements: PC
Compatibility: *
Size: 3.3 Gb


Operating System for Deployment
- Windows 10
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 8
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows XP
Architecture of Product
- 32Bit
- 64Bit
Product Type
- Application
Compatible Containers
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2017
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2015
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2013
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2012
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2010
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2017
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2013
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
- Microsoft Visual C# 2017
- Microsoft Visual C# 2015
- Microsoft Visual C# 2013
- Microsoft Visual C# 2012
- Microsoft Visual C# 2010
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 7.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
.NET Framework 4.5.1
.NET Framework 4.5
.NET Framework 4.0
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 3.0
.NET Framework 2.0
.NET Framework 1.1
- MySQL 5.0

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