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This document describes recent changes to the NBI engine and infractructure.
I will basically be pasting in checkin notices that pertain to the interest of NBI-based installer developers.

15.09.2008

• Added another kind of "Vista" manifest with "asInvoker" execution level (it makes possible to run installer by user without admin rights on Vista)

10.09.2008

• Better support for Nimbus L&F. Addon: now all L&F can be explicitely used by short name (case-insensitive), e.g. --look-and-feel Nimbus.

03.09.2008

• Added OpenBSD (x86,x86_64,ppc,sparc) support

01.09.2008

• Added HP-UX (ia64, pa_risc, pa_risc2.0) support

27.08.2008

• Improvement of JdkLocationPanel : control most of functionality with properties

24.08.2008

• Some changes to license panel to conform legal requirement (off by default)

21.08.2008

• Added Linux/IA64 and AIX (ppc, ppc64) support

20.08.2008

• Allow product have no data assigned to it i.e. work like a configuration tool
• Remove enumeration restriction on supported platforms

19.08.2008

• Add support for running on OpenJDK on Mac OS X (SoyLatte) and FreeBSD (Diablo Caffe)

12.08.2008

• Use correct (localized) desktop folder name on Linux/Solaris

02.07.2008

• Introduced SilentContainer to represent wizard container in silent mode

01.07.2008

• Move string resolver and network functionality to separate classes out of SystemUtils (changset 1, 2)

18.06.2008

• Add support for working on 64-bit JVM on Mac OS X (JDK6 on Leopard) (ppc64/x86_64) (changeset 1)

17.06.2008

• Move cache engine functionality to a separate EngineUtils class from Installer class (changeset 1)
• Add (tar|ls|unzip|pack200|unpack200|verification.java|jarsigner).executable properties handler (changeset 1)
  Those properties can now be set either in product-specific build.properies are passed via system property to ant

09.06.2008

• Moved Jar signature checking methods from SystemUtils to separate SecurityUtils class (changesets 1,2,3)
• Prepared engine for enhanced platforms support (changesets 1, 2, 3, 4)

06.06.2008

• Added Linux/Sparc support (changeset 1).

05.06.2008

• Added support for writing extra command-line arguments handlers (changesets 1,2,3,4,5)
  More info is available at this page.

03.06.2008

• Added support for licenses with unicode chars (changeset 1, Issue 133824)
  Encoding can now be passed in the following way: $R{license.resource;utf-8} .

02.06.2008

• Add system property for skipping native launcher (.exe/.sh/.command/.app) creation.
  The name is nbi.create.bundle.skip.native.launcher, can be either false or true (default is false) (changeset 1)
• Enhanced installer local directory creation, initialization and handling (changeset 1), more info at this page.

30.06.2008

• Improved Java compatible versions handling (changeset 1).

21.05.2008

• Better support for Windows x64 (changesets 1,2, 3, Issue 91549, Issue 126770)

16.05.2008

• If installed product cannot get its logic then make it invisible together with dependents (changeset 1, Issue 134605).
  This change makes possible to store and work with different NBI-based installers in the same userdir.

13.05.2008

• Fixed the issue when the Installer file was reported as broken with BLOCK_SIZE set to 1K (changeset 1, Issue 134684)

06.05.2008

• Added Linux/PowerPC support (changeset 1, Issue 127826)

30.04.2008

• Added Support for Windows Server 2008 (changeset 1, Issue 134252)

28.04.2008

• Added Support for Solaris 8 (changeset 1,2, Issue 132900)

29.03.2008

• It is possible now to be built on Mac with default options (changeset 1, Issue 129389)

27.03.2008

• Add possibility for nbi to allow corrupted products silent removal from registry (changeset 1)

26.03.2008

• Add tar support in data repackaging scripts (changesets 1, 2, 3)

21.03.2008

• Make most product/group properties be resolvable (changeset 1)

19.03.2008

• Use <product-uid>.installation.location system properties to pass installation location for installable products that is used for silent installation (changeset 1)
• Use <product-uid>.jdk.location system property to pass JDK location for specific product (changeset 1)
• Fix issue when consistent installations causes warnings after changing environment (locale, platform, jvm arch) (changeset 1, Issue 111220)

14.03.2008

• Disk space check take into account user quota (changesets 1, 2, Issue 123587)

05.03.2008

• Improved silent installation support (changesets 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Issue 129192, Issue 129039)

18.02.2008

• Check MD5 sum for bundled resources in Linux/Solaris/MacOSX installers (changeset1)

28.01.2008

• Installer on Unix now honors tempdir environment variables (TEMP, TMP,TEMPDIR) (changeset 1, Issue 126044)

27.11.2007

• Add support for setting SFC be resizable by user or not with default true value
• Add support for setting left and right title wizard panel images

07.11.2007

• Add support and tools for creating bundled JVM

02.11.2007

• Imroved process execution speed in runtime (engine) and build time (infra) (changesets 1, 2)

01.11.2007

• Add possibility to run packer/unpacker in the same JVM

31.10.2007

• Add support for bundling JVM when creating the bundle

26.10.2007

• Add support for crc32 checking in win launcher

25.10.2007

• Improve SetProperty task with possibility to resolve recursive properties (e.g. ${data.${i}.source}

23.10.2007

• Add an option to disable packing of the components (pack200.enabled property).

04.10.2007

• Windows cleaner now works in a different way to avoid problems with antivirus software.

30.08.2007

• Add support for single file(resource) license per installer.

28.08.2007

• Support for L&F-specific sizes for NbiFrame

24.08.2007

• Add support for background images in NbiPanel.

22.08.2007

• Add support for .jad checking when packing data. If the repacked jar file changed in size - do use the initial (nopacked) one.

07.08.2007

• Add support for disabling Jar signing (jarsigner.enabled property)

03.08.2007

• Add support for dealing with UNC paths on Windows (Issue 111859).

31.07.2007

• Add support for --locale argument in the launcher (Issue 95802)

12.07.2007

• Add support for unicode in the windows launcher (Issue 110244)
• Add possibility to create launcher resources based on system resources

09.07.2007

• Add support for saving permissions on data files during packaging and restoring them on installation Issue 90571

06.07.2007

• Improved Mac OS integration: menubar/dock name, remove About... and Preferences... from the menu and bind Quit event to installer's Cancel.
• Make windows cleaner be buildable by both GCC and MSC

04.07.2007

• Add support for jdk vendor checking (Issue 102994).

03.07.2007

• Make windows launcher be buildable by both GCC and MSC (Issue 108646).
• Make windows launcher always we launcher in evaluated mode (due to UAC) (Issue 102168).

02.07.2007

• Add support for working on 64-bit JVM on Solaris (Sparc/amd64)

26.06.2007

• Add support for working on 64-bit JVM on Windows

25.06.2007

• Fixed issue when product with several thousands of files could not be installed Issue 106455.

21.06.2007

• Add configurations for building solaris-x86(x64) library using gcc

18.06.2007

• Add support for working on 64-bit JVM on Linux

15.06.2007

• Warn user in stderr if he has not set DISPLAY variable (Linux/Solaris) when running in GUI mode

10.06.2007

• Add support for unicode in the windows native library (Issue 105956).

31.05.2007

• Add support for large filesystems (Issue 103958).

29.05.2007

• Add support for patterns (*) in java locations in unix native launcher

28.05.2007

• Add support for verification of jar signatures

18.05.2007

• New Platform and Properties infrastructure.

06.05.2007

• Add support for setting minimum wizard size (Issue 101334).
• Add support for warning/infortmational/error messages on ErrorMessagePanel (Issue 102302).

04.05.2007

• Add support for optional argument for --extract (Issue 102632,Issue 102631)