InstallBuilder 9.5.0 Released.

Published on Oct 2 2014

We recently released version 9.5.0 of BitRock InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements:

• Added support for OS X codesign v2
• Allow generating installers larger than 2GB on Windows, Linux and OS X
• Make XML Editor popups ask for confirmation when closed with unsaved changes
• Allow configuring the LZMA-Ultra compressor block size through the <lzmaUltraBlockSize> setting
• New <resourceLimitTest> rule to allow checking for resource limits on Unix systems
• Fixed ampersand not properly shown in the final page using Qt mode on Windows
• Allow Java launchers to be built at build time
• Improved how the “Fonts” directory location is calculated on Windows
• Added <disallowStartIfOnBatteries> and <executionTimeLimit> to <addScheduledTask> action
• Improved <windowsServiceTest> to also detect “Stop Pending” status as running.
• Added <enableFallbackTempDirectory> to allow providing a fallback temporary directory
• Dropped OS X 10.2 support
• Fixed XML Editor popup not providing details in its error when providing incorrect code
• Fixed <labelParameter> not properly wrapping its text in GTK mode
• Fixed “Add Shortcut” Builder dialog throwing an error when closing the popup
• Fixed LZMA-Ultra compression not properly detecting duplicated files when packing in some environments
• Fixed InstallBuilder installer and AutoUpdate not including PPC runtimes