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VMware InstallBuilder 20.6.0 available now Jul 2 2020

We recently released version 20.6.0 of VMware InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements::

• Fixed <xmlFileGet> and <xmlFileSet> failing on some environments
• Fixed Windows x64 installers failing to display HTML licenses...

VMware InstallBuilder 20.4.0 released May 5 2020

For this release our engineers have focussed on adding the following improvements:

• Fixed build failure when providing malformed booleans for the <enableDebugger> setting
• Fixed high memory usage at build time when packing files by dereferencing...

VMware InstallBuilder Feb 20 2020

As you might know in May 2019 BitRock was acquired by VMware Inc. Due to that, this week we have implemented a few changes you should know about. To start, you can now find the InstallBuilder website at https://installbuilder.com. Starting from version...

Configure autoupdate project settings from the command line Dec 3 2019

We have recently released InstallBuilder 19.11.0. With this update it's now possible to use –setvars with the autoupdate builder. This allows you to set different autoupdate project settings and variables from the command line variables in the command...

Version 19.8.0 and 19.9.0 released Oct 3 2019

We recently released version 19.8.0 and 19.9.0 of BitRock InstallBuilder. The new release features the following improvements:

Version 19.9.0

• Fixed <runProgram> action failing on macOS 10.15 when running in the <postUninstallationActionList>
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Installer tampering while preserving authenticode signature  Aug 12 2019

Windows binaries generated with InstallBuilder versions earlier than 19.7.0 are vulnerable to tampering even if they contain a valid Authenticode signature.

This issue was reported by Youfu Zhang of Chaitin Security Research Lab (@ChaitinTech). After...

Added notarization support Jul 4 2019

As you might know for the upcoming macOS Catalina (10.15) Apple will require applications signed with a Developer ID to be submitted for notarization. An important requirement for notarization is that the application has a hardened runtime enabled...

Added support for Windows native 64-bit installer binaries May 16 2019

InstallBuilder 19.5.0 is now available and comes with an important update.

As you may know, InstallBuilder already comes with support for building native 64-bit installers for Linux and macOS. We are happy to announce that we've added support for...

InstallBuilder 19.4.0 and 19.4.1 released May 13 2019

We recently released version 19.4.0 and 19.4.1. Among other improvements and bug fixes, we have extended the <componentTest> rule which now allows you to check if a parent component is selected. You can do so by setting the new <checkParentComponents...

InstallBuilder 19.3.0 Available! Mar 27 2019

Version 19.3.0 comes with many improvements, an important one being the new <validatedActionGroup> action which allows you to validate a group of actions and display a configurable abort-retry dialog if an error occurs. This can be useful for example...