What’s New in InstallAnywhere 2022
InstallAnywhere 2022 includes the following new features:
| • | Enhanced Get User Input Panel - Advanced |
| • | New Project Property for Status Message Control |
| • | Support to Register URL Prefix with Application |
| • | New Option for Log Format |
| • | New Property for Defining the Permission for Log file |
| • | Upgrade of InstallAnywhere 2022 with 64-bit JDK |
Enhanced Get User Input Panel - Advanced
Added a checkbox “Disable Next button if mandatory fields are empty” option in the Get User Input panel to enable/disable the Next button for notifying unfilled mandatory fields. Either you can select or not select this checkbox based on the requirement.
| • | When checked, the Next button in the Get User Input panel would be disabled until user enters a value in the mandatory text field. |
| • | When unchecked, then a pop-up dialog appears prompting the user to provide values in the mandatory fields. |
By default, this checkbox is unchecked.
New Project Property for Status Message Control
Enhanced InstallAnywhere to configure whether actions should display status messages in Install & Uninstall progress panels or not. A new project property "Show Status Message" has been added in Installer UI > Custom UI Designer > Inner Install Frame for controlling status message. By default, this option is set to "Yes". If this option is set to "No", status messages will not be displayed above the progress bar on the Progress Panel during Install & Uninstall.
Support to Register URL Prefix with Application
Enhanced "Associate File Extension - Windows" action to add support for registering URL Prefix with application. The action has been renamed to "Associate File Extension/URL Prefix - Windows". New property "URL Prefix' has been added in this action available in Install and Post-Install phases.
The URL Prefix can now be associated to an Existing or Installed application.
Added a new option “Show 24 hour date format in logs” in the Log Settings to display the log in 12-hour or 24-hour format. When “Show 24 hour date format in logs” is set, the logs are displayed in 24-hour log format. Else, the logs are displayed in 12-hour log format.
New Property for Defining the Permission for Log file
Added a new property “Unix Permission for Logs” under Project > General Settings > Log Settings to define the permissions of the log file when installed in Linux operating system.
Upgrade of InstallAnywhere 2022 with 64-bit JDK
Upgraded InstallAnywhere2022 with 64-bit JDK 1.8 for the automation jar to work with any Node-lock license checkout.