Install4j

Install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications.

New Features:

• The install4j IDE and compiler can now run with Java 9
• Java 9 JREs and JDKs can now be used for code-completion and compiling scripts
• Form screens: Added a "Screen can be reached" property that allows the screen not be shown when the user reaches the screen with either the Back or the Next button. This is analogous to the isHiddenForPrevious() and isHiddenForNext() methods that are available in the custom screen API.
• Added the ability to specify dependencies for RPM archives on the "Installer options" step of the media wizard
• Added the VM option -Dinstall4j.helperDebugPort=nnnnn for debugging the elevated helper process
• Added a compiler variable "sys.timestamp" that contains the Unix epoch of the build time
• For non-OSGI SWT applications, the splash screen is now hidden automatically when the first window is shown

API changes:

• Added com.install4j.api.windows.WindowInfo with methods to get the top level windows, detect tablet mode and wait for a maximizable window on Windows
• Added com.install4j.api.formComponents.FormEnvironment#isInitialized to check if the form panel has been fully constructed
• JVMSelector#setPreferredJVM did not work in the installer if a "Request privileges" action had been previously executed
• Added com.install4j.api.beaninfo.ActionListPropertyDescriptor#setConfigurableElevationType to suppress the "Action elevation type property" for actions in action lists
• Added com.install4j.api.update.UpdateDescriptorEntry#getMd5Sum. MD5 sums are now written to updates.xml, if MD5 sums calculation is enabled for the project.
• Added the constructor com.install4j.api.beaninfo.ScriptParameter(String, ParameterizedType) to support script parameters with generic types, like List

Bugs Fixed:

• Regression in 7.0: The selection script in "Radio button group" and "Single radio button" form components was called while the form panel was being constructed
• Regression in 7.0: When an action with a confirmation checkbox was added to the "Installation" screen, the checkbox was added to the same screen instead of the "Additional confirmation screen"
• Regression in 7.0: "Update alert" form component: In console mode, the variable "sys.confirmedUpdateInstallation" was set to true even if the question to update the existing installation was answered with no
• Regression in 7.0: Setting -Dinstall4j.clearProxyCache=true produced an NPE
• Custom watermarks for the installer and installer applications were not migrated from install4j 6.x projects
• Compiler variable entries in the distribution tree could not be overridden externally
• Code completion in the static code section did not show other static fields and methods
• Calling HyperlinkLabel.setPassiveColor did not change the color of existing labels
• Classes produced by the Kotlin compiler can now be compressed with Pack200
• The main class selector in the launcher wizard did not search JAR files that were in file sets other than the default file set
• Unix scripts did not work if the "which" command is not installed. This is the default case for some Linux distributions.
• The message in option dialogs for file overwrite confirmation and other instances was incorrectly split into title and message body
• i18n messages were shown as replaced in form component properties while the preview dialog was being displayed
• The wizard index could not be updated for the same screen, only for screen changes. Calling WizardContext#setWizardIndexKey and WizardContext#setWizardIndex in actions or form component event handlers now has the intended effect.
• When using a large number of custom code JAR files together with Pack200 compression, unpacking of some JAR files could fail
• "Program group" selector form component: Fixed an exception when shown on non-Windows platforms
• "JDBC container action": The action does not work in elevated mode, so elevation has been disabled, also for contained actions
• "Fall back to console mode on Unix" property for installer did not work under some circumstances
• macOS: For signing, only the Developer ID Application certificate is now accepted, for other certificates the build will fail. Gatekeeper does not accept third-party certificates, while it is technically possible to use them, it makes no sense and nearly always an error. Should you really want to continue using other certificates, set the compiler variable "sys.ext.macosAcceptAllCerts" to "true".
• macOS: The "Add VM options" and "Modify classpath" actions did not work for included command line executables in single bundle archives