install4j releases

install4j Release 5.0.4

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0200

Bugs fixed:

Custom icon for the installer was not used for the wizard window (regression in 5.0.3)
Clicking on the "Finish button" in install4j IDE wizards closed the wizard immediately (regression in 5.0.3)
"Create a ZIP file" action: Installer variables were not replaced in the "ZIP file" property
Definitions in a response file that was specified with the -varfile command line option were overriden by predefined installer variables
Fixed a deadlock for Windows launchers
Fixed deadlock while saving a project
Mac OS X: The content of a vmoptions file specified in the launcher wizard was not added to the static VM parameters for command line and service launchers
Windows: Invisible windows could have the name "Default IME" or "theAwtToolkitWindow" which was displayed by the check for running processes. Now, the file name is used in these cases.
Auto-saving of a project file was not stopped after a frame was closed
Text form components: If "Prevent empty user input" was selected, disabled components produced a warning message, too
Transparency in customizable banner form screens was sometimes incorrect for the classic Windows Look and Feel
It was not possible to use ampersand characters in custom message files
Could not pass "-e" to unix scripts when VM pass-through parameters were enabled
Starting services with "For Auto start installations only" selected did not work for services generated by install4j
Custom installer applications in archives did not work when runtime shrinking was enabled
Using compiler variables for fixed installer arguments or VN parameters did not work when debug installers were generated

install4j Release 5.0.3

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

"Welcome" screen: The screen is now a container for form components
Media file wizards of installers: Added a project customization step to statically include selected installation components that have been marked as downloadable for the whole project
When invoking unattended installers with the "-splash" options, there is now a cancel button.
Added a "Change cancel button state" action
"Run executable" action: Added a "Variable name for return code" property (nested property of "Wait for termination"), so you can use the return value later on.
Added an installer variable sys.workingDir

Bugs fixed:

Media file wizards of installers: Excluding the default file set broke the build
Copying and pasting into text fields did not mark the project as modified
Line endings in debug installers for other platforms than the current platform were incorrect
Scripts in form components are now passed the actual context interface (InstallerContext or UninstallerContext) instead of the parent Context interface
The installer variable sys.windowsDir did not contain the system wide directory when using terminal services
The command line compiler only allowed a single concurrent instance
"Run executable or batch file" action: If the executable did not exist, the action did not fail
Mac OS X: Background of some form components in configurable banner screens was gray, if they were contained in layout groups
Project report: "Allow 64-bit" setting was inverted
Too much memory was used when writing the files log
Custom icon for uninstaller was not shown as frame icon
Custom banner image of configurable banner forms was not shown in preview dialog
Custom banner image of configurable banner forms was not firmly anchored to "North" and "South" if the image height was greater than the maximum available height in the window
The installer variable sys.tempDir returned the wrong value
Elevation of privileges did not work correctly on Mac OS X 10.5
The -splash command line argument in unattended mode did not work when a custom installer application was launched in process
Fixed arguments for custom installer applications were ignored when the application was launched in process

install4j Release 5.0.2

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Windows: Add a window entry to the task bar if a dialog box is shown while the main installer window is not visible

Bugs fixed:

Pack200 compression was not applied
Display output of code signing post processor in order to help with debugging configuration problems
Installer applications: Variables in the "Custom watermark text property" were not replaced
The check for update action of the install4j IDE would crash under certain circumstances
Including certain JAR files in custom code lead to a "No disk space left" error in the installer
"Create program group" screen: Installer variables in the "Program group name" and "Directory for links" properties were not replaced
"Copy files and directories" and "Move files and directories" action: Single file to file operations did not work as in 4.x.

install4j Release 5.0.1

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Improved the preview dialog for configurable forms to make it more like the actual screen at runtime
Allow a * placeholder in classpath archive entries to support frequently changing version numbers of JAR files like in maven projects

Bugs fixed:

For multi-language installers, the "Request privileges" action did not work on Windows
Fixed UnsatisfiedLinkError when installer was started from an updater that was generated with install4j 4.x
Mac OS X: Some form components had a grey background on banner screens
Unix and Mac start scripts for debug installers and debug uninstallers were broken
Formatted text field form components: "Initial text" property was ignored
Formatted text field form components and password form component: The "Enter goes to next screen" property was ignored
Installation directory chooser form component: An exception was thrown when previewing the form
If installation component folders were used and none of the contained installation components were selected, the installer would throw an exception on startup
"Copy files and directories" and "Move files and directories" actions: If the target directory was a relative file, the actions did not work

install4j Release 5.0

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Improved elevation of privileges on Windows and Mac OS X:
The new "Request privileges" action replaces the "Require admin user" action. It can elevate the main installation process or create a helper process with full privileges and works on Windows and Mac OS X.
"Run executable or batch file" action: The "Execution account" property allows you to run the executable as the original user or as an admin user
Service actions and actions that add rights on Windows will be executed in the helper process with full privileges if the "Request privileges" action was configured accordingly
The "Show URL" action, the "Show file" action and the "Execute launcher" action will be executed as the original user if the "Request privileges" action has elevated the main installation process
"Install files" action: Use original user rights when parent directory of an installed file belongs to the original user. This is relevant if the installer has been elevated with a different user account.
Major improvements for installer variables, compiler variables and i18n messages:
The variable selection dialog was redesigned. It supports filtering and shows default values and descriptions for all variables
Many new system variables were added
Compiler variables can now be organized in a tree and have descriptions that are shown in the variable selector
Installer variables can be pre-defined similar to compiler variables
When inserting variables, the correct expression is inserted for text fields, scripts and variable name properties
Installer variables that are bound to beans are detected and displayed in the variable selector
Bindings of installer variables are detected and displayed with back traces for each installer application
Custom localization files can now be created and edited in the install4j IDE, an action for overriding system messages is available in the editor.
More flexible and usable IDs:
All elements that have IDs can now be assigned custom IDs. The automatically assigned IDs continue to be valid.
The script editor now offers a dialog that lets you choose an ID by listing all available elements with IDs
Improvements for actions that operate on files:
Actions that operate on files now accept multiple files where appropriate
Actions that operate on multiple files now have "File filter" and "Directory filter" properties to control file processing with scripts
Launcher integration for custom installer applications:
A launcher integration tab has been added to custom installer applications where you can configure automatic invocations when launchers are executed. This is particularly useful for updaters.
On the "launcher integration tab", an integration wizard for calling custom installer applications from Java code is available
Improvements for the auto-update functionality:
All features of the update descriptor (updates.xml) are now exposed on the new Installer->Auto-Update Options tab
Some features of the update descriptor can be set on a per-media file basis in the Customize project defaults->Auto update options step of the media wizard
Updaters templates now reference the URL for updates.xml with the new compiler variable sys.updatesUrl
Comments in the update descriptor are now localizable
Extensive support for Windows users accounts:
Added a "Windows user selector" form component that also has the ability to create new users
"Install a service" action: The "Account" property has an "Other" option that lets you set a specific user to run the service
"Add access rights for a key in the Windows registry" and "Add Windows file rights" actions: The "Trustee" property has an "SID or Account name" option that lets you set a specific user
Improvements for service actions:
Service actions now support service executables that were not generated by install4j. If you set the "Service" property to "Other executable", an executable and a service name can be configured.
Service options can now be configured for each "Install service" action instead of the previous per-launcher configuration in the launcher wizard
"Install service" action: Added a "Windows priority" property
"Install service" action: Added an "Account" property
"Install service" action: Added a "Keep current account" property to preserve account changes by the user that were made manually after the installation
"Install service" action: Added a "Restart on failure" property
"Install service" action: Added an "Interactive" property
"Install service" action: Added a "Mac OS X identifier" property
Services on Mac OS X now use the more modern "launchd" subsystem
Improved handling of custom code and resources:
Custom code: The single user JAR file will only be created for directory and single class file entries. JAR files and resource files will not be packed into the single user JAR file anymore, they will be extracted to the .install4j/user directory. This directory is available from the sys.resourceDir installer variable.
Custom code will never be packaged twice. If the same JAR file should be installed, it will be moved from the .install4j/user directory where the custom code has been initially extracted.
Corruption detection and checksum verification for installers and downloaded components:
Improved corruption detection and error messages in generated installers
MD5 checksums are calculated during the compilation
For downloadable installation components, the download integrity is checked with MD5 checksums
"Download file" action: Added a "Check for md5sums" property
Support for Windows processes:
Added a "Check for running processes on Windows" action that optionally allows the user to terminate those process automatically
"Install files" action: If running processes are detected, the corresponding window titles are presented in a dialog
Improvements for file distribution:
The new Files->File Options tab allows you to define global options for the distribution tree that can be overridden for each entry in the distribution tree
Launchers now have a configurable overwrite mode for launchers on the Executable info step of the launcher wizard.
Launchers now have a configurable unix file mode on the Executable info->Unix options step of the launcher wizard
Distribution tree: Option to add a directory entry into a subdirectory
Common external content files for downloadable components and external data files. On the General Settings->Media File Options tab, you can enable this feature which is particularly useful for DVDs with multiple media files.
External data files are now also supported on Mac OS X
File definition tree: Support for multiple selection, copy mode for drag and drop, quick search, and copy and paste
Runtime is now shrunk to exclude all unused classed. On the General Settings->Media File Options tab this feature can be disabled.
Improvements for JRE bundling:
Added a command line JRE bundle creation utility (createbundle) and a corresponding ant task (com.install4j.CreateBundleTask)
The JRE bundle creation wizard (Project->Create a JRE Bundle) has been improved in several areas
"Bundled JRE" step of the media wizard: Added a button to copy a JRE bundle file in a default storage directory to another directory and use a "manual entry" for the copied JRE bundle file.
"Bundled JRE" step of the media wizard: Added an option to install a statically bundled JRE only if no suitable JRE exists
Use a private JRE bundle of an existing installation with the same application ID as a fallback if no other JRE can be found
Many new actions:
Added a "Create Windows URL link" action
Added a "Read value from XML file" action
Added a "Read a key from the Java preference store" action
Added a "Read a value from the Windows registry" action
Added a "Wait for HTTP port" action
Added a "Download and install component" action
Added a "Create a ZIP file action"
Added an "Extract a ZIP file" action.
Added an "Add an executable to the dock" action
Added an "Add a startup executable on Windows and OS X" replacing the Windows-only "Add an executable to the startup folder on Windows" action
Improvements for form components:
Layout groups and tabbed panes in form screens
All form components with leading labels: Added a "Help text" property. If set, a tool-tip label with a help icon will be added on the right side
Text field form components: Added a "Prevent empty user input" property that shows a default error message if the user input is empty
Keyboard shortcuts for form components with user input. Label text can contain mnemonics prefixed with "&" like in "&User" in order to activate the platform-specific keyboard shortcut.
Form components with user input: Added a "Request focus" property. If selected, the form component is focused each time the form is activated.
Text field form components: Added a "Enter goes to next screen" property
Added an "HTML Display" form component
More flexible configuration of installer applications:
Installer Applications: Added a "Size client area" property. If selected, the specified size refers to the usable client area of the window and not to the outer dimensions of the window.
Installer Applications: Added an "Icon can overlap text" property. Now you can use the title bar icon to provide a background for the entire title bar.
Installer Applications: Added an "Icon anchor" property for the title bar icon.
Installer Applications: Added "Background color for title bar" and "Foreground color for title bar" properties
Installer Applications: Added a "Unix mode" property
Installer Applications: Added properties to customize the Windows version info
Custom installer applications: Added "Show message when user cancels" and "Cancel message" properties
More major new features:
Merging of other projects allow the modularization of your installers
Index pane for the installer that is configurable in the install4j IDE and via the API
Support for creating Debian archives
Other new features:
New icon set for Windows Vista/Windows 7 and all other non-Windows XP platforms
Remember window sizes for install4j frames
Use configured window size for preview dialogs of form screens
Multiple projects can be now opened at the same time in separate windows. The file association for .install4j project files now works on Mac OS X as well.
"Display license agreement", "Display information" and "Display text" screens: Files with text are now localizable and can be edited directly in the install4j IDE
More lenient error handling for the replacement of installer variables where a text is displayed to the user. Instead of throwing an exception for undefined variables, embed an error message in the replaced text
Quick search in file choosers
Added new failure strategy for actions: Ask user on failure whether to retry or quit on failure
Added a "VM options file" step to the launcher wizard to generate a vmoptions file for a launcher. On Mac OS X, the contents are merged automatically with the static VM options.
Allow URLs in Javadoc configuration
"Use online documentation" option in Java editor settings dialog to eliminate script warnings with Internet Explorer
Cross-platform icons can now be defined more flexibly with multiple arbitrary sizes. Note that the icon configuration of installer applications is now in a regular property instead of a separate tab.
Installation components: The "Mandatory" option has been changed into a "User can change selection state" option for more flexibility
"Installation components" screen: Added a "Selection change script" property
"Set the modification time of files" action: Added a "Recursive" property
"Create program group" action: Configurable menu name for the uninstaller
"Create program group" action: Added support for URL entries
Decoupled "Create program group screen" and "Create program group" action, so that multiple "Create program group" actions can be added. Variables are now set by the screen and the action uses those variables.
"Create program group" and "Program group selection" screen: Added an option to emit a warning if the selected program group already exists
"Copy files and directories" action: Added a "Show progress" property
"Display license" screen and "Display text" screen: Added a "Variable name" property to save the actually displayed text to a variable.
Banner screens: Added a "Banner image anchor" property
"Install files" action: Added a "Save downloaded files" property to save downloaded installation components for later reuse
"Install content of ZIP file" action: Added a "File filter" property
Changed the installation log file format to be less verbose and more readable
Help argument for installers (-h or-help or /?) that shows the user which common options are available
Installers: On a fatal error, try to copy the error log file to the media directory and offer the user a button to show the log file immediately
Add the possibility to see component descriptions in console mode
Replace installer variables and environment variables in VM parameters and arguments for all generated launchers
Update installation detection in "Welcome" screen. Added the variable sys.confirmedUpdateInstallation for the user selection in "Welcome" screen. The "Installation location" and "Create program group" screens are skipped if this variable contains Boolean.TRUE.
Added a /create-i4j-log command line parameter for generated Windows executable to easily create and show a native debug log file
Installation components can now be hidden from the user. They can be configured in the install4j IDE so that they are initially hidden.
Unix launchers: Added a INSTALL4J_JAVA_PREFIX environment variable to allow the use of sudo or similar in custom scripts
VM passthrough parameters (like -J-Xmx512m) are now supported on Unix as well
Added a check box on the build section to disable LZMA and Pack200 compression for faster builds
LSB support for service scripts
The "customCode" sample project now includes an action ManyFeaturesAction that shows most features of the BeanInfo API
A "mergedProjects" sample project has been added

Bugs fixed:

"Integer text field" form component: For extremely long input, a Double and not a Long was returned
"Customizable banner" screen: Installer variables were not replaced in "Info text" property
Launcher wizard: "Check -console parameter" check box was always unselected, regardless of actual configuration
Fixed problems with service shutdown
Do not make paths with contained variables relative when saving the project
Paths of manual entries in the "Bundled JRE" step of the media wizard were not made relative when the project was saved
Only offer x86 JRE bundles for 32-bit Windows media files and amd64 JRE bundles for 64-bit Windows media files
Abort instead of printing a warning if the media file output directory cannot be created
The running processes warning message was wrong for add-on installers
sys.platform now resolves to "windows-x64" for 64 bit media files (previously "windows")
Bean development: Visibility discriminators of nested properties had no effect
Do not prevent continuing in the file wizard of the distribution tree if a variable expression does not exists
Debug installers now work with both 32-bit and 64-bit JREs
Debug launchers are now made executable on Unix and Mac OS X
Add -d32 to debug launchers on Mac OS X if 64-bit JREs are not allowed
Add configured VM parameters and arguments to debug launchers
Print installation directory in unattended mode if installation directory selector is shown and include directory in "no write permission" message.
"Create program group" screen: The program group name was not checked for invalid characters
For custom installer applications, the title bar icon was always taken from the installer configuration
After a project export, sometimes an NPE was thrown when showing a script edit dialog
If files could not be deleted or installed and a reboot is required, no other installers can run until the reboot has been performed in order to avoid the corruption of new installations on subsequent restarts
Stable naming of external data files for the installer
Omit .install4j directory for Unix archives if no generated launchers or custom installer applications are packaged
The displayed required sizes were wrong under some circumstances
An environment variable that did not exist and was created by the installer was not deleted on uninstallation
Delete empty parent folders even if they were not created by the installer
Show the initial progress window if the -splash option is specified for an unattended installer
The -dir command line option did not override the installation directory in a response file
The locale was not set correctly for locales with a country part like pt_BR
Fixed Javadoc anchors in script edit dialog on Windows 7

install4j Release 4.2.8

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

New locale: Romanian
Comma separated lists are now supported in archive classpath entries, this is useful if compiler variables are used
API: Added a new event type EventType.FILE_INSTALLATION_STARTED with an event object com.install4j.api.events.InstallerFileInstallationEvent that gives access to total installation size and file count
API: Added com.install4j.api.events.InstallerFileEvent#getFileSize
Support for OpenJDK on Windows

Bugs fixed:

"Install Files" action: Stop services before checking for running processes
"Installation components" screen: Dependency chains of installation components were not getting updated properly in the tree
"Run executable or batch file" action: Sometimes a single zero length string argument was passed
"Uninstall previous installation" action on Mac OS X: The action did not work correctly when the "Require admin user" action was present
"Installation location" screen: Validation error messages were displayed twice if the directory was selected with the chooser button and the user wanted to proceed anyway
"Progress display" form component: Fixed a StackOverflow error
When saving a project to a new location, paths that started with variables were mistakenly prepended with a relative location
i18n messages were not replaced in splash screen text lines
Selected and unchangeable components were not installed in console mode
Fixed internal error 7 when a lot of processes were started at the same time
Environment variables were not replaced in directory entries of the JRE search sequence
"Registry and standard locations" search sequence entry did not always choose the newest JVM
Windows: Creating a 64-JRE bit bundle from a 32-bit install4j IDE did not work correctly
Windows: Launching media files from the build section in the install4j IDE did not work correctly if UAC was turned on
If paths in the Installer->Custom code tab contained compiler variables, those variables could not be overridden from the command line
Classes in extension JARs could not be accessed in scripts
Unix installers: Improved error message if the unpack200 executable fails
Set java.library.path explicitly to fix problems on some Windows Server 2003 machines
JRE bundles: Run -Xshare:dump only for Sun VMs
Use system language instead of principal language on Mac OS X for system menu and dialogs

install4j Release 4.2.7

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0100

New features:

API: added com.install4j.api.Util#isWindows2008()
API: Added com.install4j.api.Util#is64BitWindows() to test whether the Windows is a 64-bit Windows regardless of the currently used JRE

Bugs fixed:

"Register Add/Remove item" action: The version was not displayed in the installation details of the software registry
"Register Add/Remove item" action: Entries from HKEY_CURRENT_USER which were created if an installer did not run with admin privileges were not removed by the uninstaller
"Run Executable" action: Do not replace path separators in environment variables
"Run executable" and "Execute launcher" actions: On Windows Vista or higher, launching executables in locations with non-ascii characters did not work anymore
Multi-language installers could hang after language selection under certain circumstances
Error dialog "Could not open message file" could not be displayed in headless modes
Under certain conditions, the navigation buttons in the installer were re-enabled before the next screen was shown
Mac OS X: Absolute paths for launcher redirection files were not supported
Mac OS X: Under certain conditions, a newly mounted installer could not be executed by the updater
Mac OS X: Fixed problem with non-ascii characters in description when using multiple file associations
Mac OS X launchers: environment variables with the syntax ${VARIABLENAME} were not replaced in redirection files and system properties
Windows launchers: fixed hanging processes in single instance mode when parent process exits immediately and many processes were started
Some splash screen image files were mistakenly reported as broken by the compiler

install4j Release 4.2.6

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Bugs fixed:

Regression in 4.2.5: Validation in directory chooser validated content in text field instead of user selection
Regression in 4.2.5: Directory chooser was sometimes not opened if user clicked on "Browse"
Improved the error message that is displayed when the JVM cannot be started.
Launchers: Sometimes, the launcher icon was compiled even if the "Add icon to launcher" check box was not selected
Installer applications: The cross-platform icons were packaged even when "Customize icon" was deselected
"Run executable" action: Setting and clearing the arguments property value lead to the executable being called with a single zero-length argument
Custom icon of installer applications: The settings were not saved reliably
Installation components that were set to "not changeable" via the API were still displayed by the console installer
Installation component folders that contained only mandatory components were not shown with a disabled checkbox

install4j Release 4.2.5

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100

New features:

"Load response file" action: Added an "excluded variables" property for variables in the response file that should be ignored.
"Create a file association" action: Added a "Role" property for Mac OS X to make the file association role configurable as "Viewer or "Editor"
"Bundled JRE" step of media wizards with dynamic JRE bundles: Added "Start download without user confirmation, if necessary" check box
Added an "Arguments" property to installer, uninstaller and custom installer applications that allows fixed arguments to be passed to the installer application
Directory chooser improvements: Rescan when directory is collapsed, new folder button at the bottom, context menu, dragging a file int the tree sets the current selection
File and directory chooser components: dragging files to the text field is now possible
Installation directory choosers and "customizable directory" screen: Added a "Manual entry allowed" property
"Directory selection" screen: Added "Validation script" property
All beans with directory choosers: The "validation script" property is now also executed in console mode and when the screen is validated, not only when for chooser button is used
Separate field for product name in windows version resource info step of the launcher wizard
Added VM parameter -Dinstall4j.suppressStdout=true to prevent status messages from being written to stdout in unattended mode
Added VM parameter -Dinstall4j.detailStdout=true to print installed file names to stdout in unattended mode
Added VM parameter -Dinstall4j.suppressUnattendedReboot=true to prevent a reboot in unattended mode

Bugs fixed:

"Password field" form component: do not trim leading and trailing spaces of passwords
Mac OS X install4j ant task did not work with Java 1.6
"Add desktop link" action: The action will now try to append .exe on windows if the destination file does not exist
Changed desktop file in order to prevent the "untrusted application" message on GNOME
Installation directory selectors: In console mode, it was was not checked correctly if the selected directory is suitable
"Installation type" screen: Variable sys.installationTypeId was not set in console mode
Fixed execution of downloaded update installers with bundled JREs on Unix
The generated file classes.jsa of a bundled JRE was not removed when the installer was canceled
Fixed compile exception for launchers in excluded file sets
Mac OS X: The date in the DMG file was wrong
If "Insert after selection" was selected in a bean registry dialog, some beans were inserted in a wrong position
Compiler variables could not be used when overriding the message key UninstallerMenuEntry
Fixed backspace handling in console mode when using Putty 0.5 and AIX
"," is not a bad character for program group names
The previous JRE was not restored on rollback
API: com.install4j.api.SystemInfo.getPhysicalMemory() did not work for Linux 2.4 kernels

install4j Release 4.2.4

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Launchers: Added option in redirection step of the launcher wizard to append output to existing redirection files
Added a "Console handler" form component
Added a "Console screen change handler" property to all installer applications. With this script it is possible to insert a header or custom messages at the beginning of each screen in console mode.
Mac OS X media types: Added a "64-bit settings" step that allows you to force the use of a 32-bit JRE. This is necessary on Mac OS X if your application loads 32-bit libraries.
All screens and form components with a directory chooser: Added a "Allow new folder creation" property. If selected, a button for creating new folders will be displayed in the chooser dialog.
"Replace text in XML files", "Modify a text file" and "Modify a text file with regular expressions" actions: Added "Log replacement text" property that can be disabled for security reasons
"File chooser" and "Directory chooser" form components: Support leading ~ for home directory
Windows service launchers: Added the option non-interactive after /install to register services that should not allowed to interact with the desktop.
Custom localization files can now contain references to compiler variables, installer variables and other i18n keys
Added the capability for extensions to contribute localization files (see the "Extensions" help topic)
Added an "Arguments" property to installer, uninstaller and custom installer applications that allows fixed arguments to be passed to the installer application
API: Added com.install4j.api.windows.WinRegistry#getValueNames
API: Added version of com.install4j.api.windows.WinFileSystem#createStartMenuEntry that allows arguments
API: Added com.install4j.Util#isAix
API: Added com.install4j.api.InstallationComponentSetup#setChangeable(boolean) and isChangeable. With these methods the user can be prevented from changing the selection state of an installation component.

Bugs fixed:

Control characters at the beginning of variables that are read from the command line were not removed
Fixed a problem when uninstalling file associations for well known file types
A listener registered with com.install4j.api.launcher.StartupNotification was not called reliably for a rapid succession of invocations
"Key value pair" form component: Missing line break in console mode
"File chooser" form component: Leading label was not baseline-aligned
"File chooser" and "Directory chooser" form components: The "Validation script" property was not passed a "file" argument
"File chooser" form component: If initial directory is empty, the file chooser opened in the temporary directory, this has been changed to the directory where the installer media file is located
"Show URL" action: On Unix, the browser was sometimes not shown if the action was added to the "Finish" screen
"Register Add/Remove item" action: The keys InstallLocation, VersionMajor and VersionMinor for the uninstaller entry were not set
"Execute launcher" action: The action failed on Mac OS X with Java 6 update 4 when "Restart as root" was selected for a preceding "Require admin user" action
Fixed starting of elevated launchers on Windows 7
Added a workaround for an undefined TMP environment variable
"Single radio button" and "Check box" form components: Selection scripts were not executed in console mode
"Download file" action: Status label could wrap for long file names and damage the screen layout
A log file was left in the temporary directory after installation
Formatted text field components did not work correctly in console mode
install4j version and build number are now included in the installation log file
"Installation type" screen: Component selection could be wrong due to component dependencies
The value in a focused form component with formatted text was sometimes not transferred to the bound installer variable when an input validation expression was present
Multi-line label form components did not wrap in text in console mode
Response files could not have a UTF-8 byte order mark
The input validation expression of invisible or disabled text components was always executed when the form was validated
Visibility expressions were not executed in unattended mode
Canceling a console installer could print an exception
Custom installer applications on Mac OS X could not be executed before the "Install files" action had run
API: com.install4j.api.windows.WinFileSystem#createStartMenuEntry was not rolled back