PACE Suite Changelog

What's new in PACE Suite 6.1.0

Oct 26, 2023
  • The new PACE Suite 6.1 with new tools, including PSAppDeployToolkit editor, repackaging in Windows Sandbox & Docker, improved PowerShell script launch, and more.
  • Opening New Horizons for Fast & Easy App Deployment with the Editor for PSAppDeployToolkit:
  • The PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (PSAppDeployToolkit) is gaining popularity in corporate environments, offering multiple functions for simplifying daily app packaging tasks—reducing complex scripting challenges, ensuring consistent deployment experiences, and enhancing installation success.
  • PACE Suite’s new tool, Package Wrapper, by utilizing the PSAppDeployToolkit, simplifies app packaging and installation processes, making it valuable for enhancing productivity in corporate environments.
  • Capturing at Lightning Speed in Windows Sandbox:
  • Windows Sandbox is an integrated Windows OS feature that offers a temporary desktop environment for the secure execution of applications in isolation. Any software installed within the Windows Sandbox environment operates within a confined “sandbox,” ensuring it runs independently from the host machine.
  • Swift and Efficient Bulk Repackaging with Docker:
  • In PACE Suite 6.1, we are introducing support for repackaging in Docker. Repackaging in Docker shares similarities with Windows Sandbox, offering enhanced convenience when dealing with multiple packages.
  • While Docker Desktop does necessitate manual installation and configuration, unlike Windows Sandbox, which supports only one instance of the sandbox running simultaneously, Docker allows for concurrent capturing in multiple containers. Despite Docker’s limitations, such as the absence of a UI session in Windows images, it allows bulk conversion of MSI packages to MSIX, for example, or automatic conversion of an installation that supports silent mode.
  • Easy Launch of PowerShell Scripts:
  • Custom actions for executing PowerShell scripts now offer three options for specifying the script’s storage location. The chosen storage location also influences the sequence in which the script is executed. We now support running the script in the early stages of the installer launch, immediately following the ‘InstallInitialize’ action. This flexibility allows for more streamlined and efficient scripting within the installation process.
  • Enhanced Performance of Remote Capturing:
  • We’ve changed how we handle resource archiving during repackaging, specifically for data transfers to and from remote virtual machines. Our new approach, powered by an improved algorithm and multi-threading, has boosted performance four times.

New in PACE Suite 6.0.0 (Apr 27, 2023)

  • Editor for MSIX Packages:
  • The new MSIX Editor for editing MSIX and APPX packages allows viewing and editing resources and settings of existing packages without their sources. In addition, it lets you create a new package version with your changes included.
  • Enhanced “Look & Feel”:
  • We are introducing a brand-new design to PACE Suite components. The color scheme, icons, font size, controls, and other UI elements were carefully chosen to facilitate search and perception of information, especially when working with the product for an extended time.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Broadened functionality of Setup Capture now allows users to pause the capture process for prerequisites installation before the system scan.
  • Support of the new version of Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 for Setup Capture and Quality enables users to capture installations and test packages on remote virtual machines run on Oracle VirtualBox 6.x and 7.x versions.

New in PACE Suite 5.8.0 (Jun 16, 2022)

  • Improvements and Fixes:
  • Common:
  • Fixed the issue with activating the product if the license key is copied with spaces.
  • Solved the problem with disabling the check for PACE Suite updates.
  • Setup Capture:
  • Fixed the ‘The connection to VM has been lost’ issue while capturing on the remote Hyper-V
  • Virtual machine.
  • Fixed PACE Tuner installation on Windows 11.
  • MSI Editor:
  • Fixed the issue with importing INI files that contain identical sections and keys.
  • Fixed the issue with the disabled Save menu item after running Active Scripting.
  • Fixed crash on editing an Icon table.
  • Package Generator:
  • Fixed the issue while building MSI via the command line.
  • Fixed the issue with creating a package in a project folder with restricted access.
  • Fixed the issue with skipping zero-size INI files while building a package.

New in PACE Suite 5.7.0 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • The new version 5.7 of PACE Suite is released. From now on, PACE Suite users will be able to work with the Microsoft packaging format IntuneWin, manage Font registration along with other minor improvements. Moreover, we have released a rebranding of the main logo and in-built components of the tool.
  • IntuneWin Packages:
  • PACE Suite enables you to easily convert the existing app installer into the IntuneWin package (.intunewin) with the help of our wizard. The wizard is an alternative to the console app Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool, which provides you with the same functionality for creating packages and offer the following benefits:
  • regular user interface instead of command-line switches
  • availability of various validation rules
  • visual control of the package content, size, and the whole package creation process.
  • Enhanced User Experience for MSI Packages:
  • We have introduced the ability to view and manage Fonts of the MSI package. You can now register a new Font pointing to the file inside the package or import Fonts from the file system. The Package Designer will create and maintain the necessary MSI database structure to ensure that Fonts are installed to the target system correctly.
  • Support of Local Hyper-V:
  • We have extended the list of supported virtualization solutions for running remote capturing and testing in manual or automated mode. From now on, you can also configure virtual machines of the local Microsoft Hyper-V that can be run even on the Windows desktop version.
  • Product Rebranding:
  • To better match the current market trends, PACE Suite is introducing the new logo and becoming a part of the PACE Products together with PACE Packager Hub.
  • We have also decided to rename MSI Generator to Package Generator to better match the functionality and purpose of this product.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Updated pre-defined list Custom Actions conditions to ignore CASE.
  • Removed limitation for Product Name lengths for MSI packages.
  • Fixed issues with the random PublisherId generation for MSIX, APPX packages.
  • Fixed crash when deleting the registry entry from the import registry wizard.
  • Fixed crash when deleting the captured changes during response MST creation.

New in PACE Suite 5.6.2 (Jun 16, 2021)

  • We released a new PACE Suite 5.6.2 with improvements for Setup Capture, MSI Generator and MSI Editor to ensure that your operations with the solution are faster and error-free.
  • We have fixed the following issues based on the customer feedback:
  • Setup Capture:
  • Crashes during capturing.
  • MSI Generator:
  • The built MST contained all resources of the project instead of the difference between the project and the specified MSI.
  • Setting the wrong bitness for a component that uses x64 directories on building MST.
  • Issue with propagating permissions in built MSI for registry keys under WOW6432Node in the x64 packages.
  • Problem with defining permissions for the just created new registry key in the project.
  • The newly-added folders of the project were displayed incorrectly sometimes.
  • Crash on opening broken project files.
  • The generated APPV package could not be installed due to the error “Package manifest is invalid”.
  • Issue with APPV applications and their shortcuts.
  • MSI Editor:
  • On import, selecting a file with the size 2GB and greater led to errors.
  • Displaying the completion results after (re-)building CABs and saving MSI.

New in PACE Suite 5.6.1 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • Improved exclusion filters
  • Enhanced stability of work with large packages
  • Ability to manage the MSI database code page
  • Upgraded management of Environment variables, automatic integration of Active Setup
  • Fixed issues connected to Media settings, CAB creation
  • Corrected type detection of some registry values
  • Automatic clean-up of empty component(s) when removing its last resource

New in PACE Suite 5.6.0 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • The 5.6 release of PACE Suite includes the following new features:
  • UI for Environment Variables:
  • View and manage Environment Variables that will be installed by the MSI package with the use of a simple and user-friendly interface of Package Designer
  • UI for Services:
  • Benefit from the brand new Services tab of Package Designer for installing and controlling Windows services

New in PACE Suite 5.5.3 (Sep 30, 2020)

  • ARP setting management in MSI Generator. The user will be able to manage parameters directly in the MSI Generator. Previously it was available only in MSI Editor.
  • Automatic shortcut data filling in the MSI Generator and MSI Editor: minimization of time and efforts.
  • Improved readability UI: Increased font contrast, size, selections, etc.
  • Fixes and improvements of the Pace Suite command line support.

New in PACE Suite 5.5.1 (Jul 2, 2020)

  • Working from home could not stop us from delighting our users and partners with the new PACE Suite 5.5 release! In this version, we focused particularly on MSIX packaging – the latest Microsoft packaging format we have been supporting from its inception. You can now leverage runtime fixes for common cases when your Win32 app fails to run from MSIX.
  • As usual, we treat security of your packages with all seriousness – PACE Suite 5.5 brings a considerable enhancement to MSI package signing.
  • This release also introduces new functions for making your packaging easier: a brand new INI editor and a separate view of feature resources.
  • Of course, there is more – improvements to permission settings, new ways of exporting or replacing resources, group operations and more. Read on to learn about all the new features that PACE Suite 5.5 brings!
  • MSIX runtime fixes (PSF):
  • You might have encountered these annoying errors when installing your MSIX packages: your app could not find some DLLs when launched or you saw “Access Denied” errors in Process Monitor.
  • Using PACE Suite you can apply the pre-defined and custom MSIX runtime fixes to the repackaged app just in few clicks. In addition, you can run PowerShell scripts before and after the application start to configure environment inside the MSIX container.
  • System searches:
  • Use system searches (AppSearch) to look for existing files/folders, registry data, INI content or installed component on the target system during installation. The search result is saved to a public property that can be used in various condition statements to determine the outcome of the installation (e.g. install components, run custom actions, etc.).
  • PACE Suite presents the dedicated view with the guided wizard to manage system searches.
  • INI files editor:
  • In addition to the existing Files and folders tab, we developed the INI entries sub-view. This new view is laser-focused to work only with INI files. It hides all other files, so you can rapidly find all INI files of your package in one place. The new INI editor displays and allows an ease add/edit of INI key-value pairs that are grouped under the INI sections. The INI files import has several options to store the file content. It displays the detected invalid INI files as well.
  • Signing your MSI packages:
  • Digital signature allows to protect your package and its resources from tampering. It is highly recommended to digitally sign the package before publishing it on the web and distributing outside of your organization. With PACE Suite you can generate a self-signed certificate in one click for testing purposes. Also, we have prepared the list of time stamping servers. The use of time stamping allows signatures to be verifiable even after the certificates have expired.
  • Feature resources:
  • Find out what files, registry and other resources will be installed by the components of each feature. The resources are displayed at the separate new view.
  • Even more new features of PACE Suite 5.5:
  • Export & replace files:
  • Need to modify/replace a file of the package that is stored as binary? No problem – with new Export file and Replace file functions in the context menu, extract specific file from the internal/external CAB and save it where you need or replace the selected file in the package in a few clicks. Dive deeper into the description of these new features in our PACE Suite 5.5 Release Notes.
  • Permission settings:
  • If the default permission settings do not meet your corporate packaging standards, you can change them in the new view. Set names of the security template and database files, override database, logging and silent options. Find the permission settings at Package Designer > Permissions tab of the MSI Editor.
  • Group operations:
  • With PACE Suite you can edit your packages faster than before. The thing is, we’ve added the support of group operations for managing resources at Package Designer of MSI Editor. Now you can select many files, located at different places and move them to one folder at once. Also, you can move/remove many components at once as well. Multi-select and group operations work for all resources that are presented at Package Designer.

New in PACE Suite 5.5.0 (Jun 1, 2020)

  • This release also introduces new functions for making your packaging easier: a brand new INI editor and a separate view of feature resources.
  • Of course, there is more – improvements to permission settings, new ways of exporting or replacing resources, group operations and more. Read on to learn about all the new features that PACE Suite 5.5 brings!
  • MSIX runtime fixes (PSF):
  • You might have encountered these annoying errors when installing your MSIX packages: your app could not find some DLLs when launched or you saw “Access Denied” errors in Process Monitor.
  • Using PACE Suite you can apply the pre-defined and custom MSIX runtime fixes to the repackaged app just in few clicks. In addition, you can run PowerShell scripts before and after the application start to configure environment inside the MSIX container.
  • To apply MSIX runtime fixes, navigate to the ShortcutsApps > MSIX tab of MSI Generator.
  • System searches:
  • Use system searches (AppSearch) to look for existing files/folders, registry data, INI content or installed component on the target system during installation. The search result is saved to a public property that can be used in various condition statements to determine the outcome of the installation (e.g. install components, run custom actions, etc.).
  • PACE Suite presents the dedicated view with the guided wizard to manage system searches.
  • Find system searches at Package Designer > System searches tab of MSI Editor.
  • INI files editor:
  • In addition to the existing Files and folders tab, we developed the INI entries sub-view. This new view is laser-focused to work only with INI files. It hides all other files, so you can rapidly find all INI files of your package in one place. The new INI editor displays and allows an ease add/edit of INI key-value pairs that are grouped under the INI sections. The INI files import has several options to store the file content. It displays the detected invalid INI files as well.
  • Find this new view at Package Designer > INI entries tab of MSI Editor.
  • Signing your MSI packages:
  • Digital signature allows to protect your package and its resources from tampering. It is highly recommended to digitally sign the package before publishing it on the web and distributing outside of your organization. With PACE Suite you can generate a self-signed certificate in one click for testing purposes. Also, we have prepared the list of time stamping servers. The use of time stamping allows signatures to be verifiable even after the certificates have expired.
  • Find signing option at Package Designer > Digital signature tab of MSI Editor.
  • To sign the package, invoke either MENU > Save and sign or MENU > Save as.
  • Feature resources:
  • Find out what files, registry and other resources will be installed by the components of each feature. The resources are displayed at the separate new view.
  • Find feature resources either on Details pane or in the Properties window at Package Designer > Features and components tab of MSI Editor.
  • Even more new features of PACE Suite 5.5:
  • Export & replace files:
  • Need to modify/replace a file of the package that is stored as binary? No problem – with new Export file and Replace file functions in the context menu, extract specific file from the internal/external CAB and save it where you need or replace the selected file in the package in a few clicks. Dive deeper into the description of these new features in our PACE Suite 5.5 Release Notes.
  • Permission settings:
  • If the default permission settings do not meet your corporate packaging standards, you can change them in the new view. Set names of the security template and database files, override database, logging and silent options. Find the permission settings at Package Designer > Permissions tab of the MSI Editor.
  • Group operations:
  • With PACE Suite you can edit your packages faster than before. The thing is, we’ve added the support of group operations for managing resources at Package Designer of MSI Editor. Now you can select many files, located at different places and move them to one folder at once. Also, you can move/remove many components at once as well. Multi-select and group operations work for all resources that are presented at Package Designer.
  • Don’t forget to check our PACE Suite 5.5 Release Notes to learn more about each of these new features. Feel free to leverage our PACE Suite Online Manual – your go-to guide to software packaging with PACE Suite.

New in PACE Suite 5.4.0 (Feb 28, 2020)

  • New tools: Launcher:
  • The newest member of the PACE Suite family of applications combines all your favorite tools in one place. Launcher takes the guided approach to application packaging to the next level and aligns various workloads with respective stages of the application packaging lifecycle. You can find the clickable list of all PACE Suite apps on the Home tab and the interactive diagram of package lifecycle stages. A click on a stage opens the list of appropriate functions on the Tasks tab.
  • New Tools: Setup Capture:
  • Another new tool coming to PACE Suite is Setup Capture, which is now responsible for capturing/repackaging. We separated the capturing functionality from MSI Generator and significantly redesigned it. Brand new Setup Capture is a small portable app that does not require PACE Suite license. Your can run it wherever you want to capture source installations or manual configurations.
  • Command line support:
  • You can now save even more time and efforts by running PACE Suite apps with the command line. Now you can write scripts to automate even more routine packaging tasks, such as local/remote capturing, generating packages of various formats, testing and more. Using scripts speeds up the packaging processes and brings the quality management to a new level.
  • Search:
  • We introduced the ability to search for the project resources in MSI Generator. This can significantly ease removing/modifying the resources in a large packaging project.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Launcher:
  • Generate the deployment (install, repair, uninstall) CMD scripts for the MSI package.
  • Deactivate the current license in the Help > About menu.
  • Activate the entire PACE Suite by entering the license key in a single application.
  • Quality Approver:
  • Re-connect to the virtual machine.
  • Copy long files in small parts to/from virtual machines.
  • Highlight the virtual machines, which are currently in use, in the list of configured ones.
  • Auto-upgrage previous versions of PACE Suite Tuner on a virtual machine.
  • Search for the VM in the list of configured ones.
  • MSI Generator:
  • MSI Generator now does not require administrative privileges to build MSI, MSIX, APPX. Note that generation of APPV packages still requires the admin rights.

New in PACE Suite 5.3.0 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • Meet the Quality Approver:
  • Today we are adding a whole new tool to the family of PACE Suite apps. Quality Approver is a standalone solution that automates package quality, safety and deployment readiness checks.
  • automated package testing
  • Quality Approver tests MSI package and its apps for compliance with the Desktop App Certification Program, as well as MSIX/APPX package and its apps against the Microsoft Store requirements. Quality Approver supports automated package testing on multiple virtual machines, hosted on the VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Oracle VirtualBox hypervisors, but it can run the tests locally as well. Finally, it offers yet another smart, step-by-step Wizard that will guide you through the whole process.
  • Command line support:
  • We are excited when our users request new features – we are keen on creating PACE Suite roadmap together! In PACE Suite 5.3, we added a feature that many users craved for – a command line support for MSI Generator. The use of command line options allows automating the capturing (repackaging) process. You can now easily write a short script for running the pre-install and post-install scans with MSI Generator, apply the default filters to the captured resources and generate the package.
  • Merge Modules integration:
  • We have been improving the way you work with Merge Modules (MSM) for a couple of releases already. MSM are essential for a proper delivery of the shared code, files, resources, registry entries, and the setup logic to the installed applications, and beginning from PACE Suite 5.3, MSI Generator takes care of detection and integration of the appropriate Merge Modules into your repackaged installation.
  • merge modules
  • For your convenience, we included the most common and recent Merge Modules into MSI Generator. You can find them at C:Program Files (x86)PACE SuiteMSI GeneratorModules. With the first installation of PACE Suite, this pool of Merge Modules will be automatically added to the default MSI settings profile.
  • Enhanced exclusion:
  • Windows operating system and Windows services produce a lot of system noise (log and cache files, registry entries, etc.) that could have a negative impact on the quality of generated package. In many cases, an MSI package with a captured system noise cannot be installed as it tries to write to the system-protected locations. In this release, we enhanced our pre-defined exclusion filters in MSI Generator to filter out this system noise more efficiently. This saves the reviewing time and increases the package quality. The new filters will be applied to the captured resources by default.
  • exclusions filters
  • Fitlers enhacement is not the only improvement we made to help you with creating cleaner packages. When you exclude a captured library file (DLL, OCX, etc.) with all its registry entries, the newly introduced intelligent mechanism in MSI Generator detects and displays registration (COM) information, which is directly or indirectly associated with the excluded file.
  • association detection
  • With this important association information handy, you can decide whether to exclude the linked items or leave them included.
  • Improved import:
  • Excluding is crucial, but we haven’t forgotten about importing resources. PACE Suite 5.3 brings improvements to management of settings for importing files and registry into MSI packages.
  • enhanced import
  • In the new version of MSI Editor, you can import resources to a package with the following feature-component assignments:
  • Create new features and components according to the packaging best practices.
  • Create new components only and link them with the selected feature.
  • Use the existing component.

New in PACE Suite 5.2 (May 22, 2019)

  • Release NotesPACE Suite 5.2pg. 52Release Notes2.1About This ReleaseMeet our redesigned and improved files, shortcuts and registry management in MSI Generator ofPACE Suite 5.2. This new release extends the beloved user experience from the Files, Shortcutsand Registry tabs of MSI Editor to MSI Generator.Unqiue design andapproach make it much easier to manage projectresources for both newcomersand packaging ninjas. New TreeList viewand Properties windows provide the maximum information about each selected entry, brings highlightingand various filters and makes managingthese resources fasterand easier.We have of course more in store for you. In MSI Generator, we managed to boost the speed of our tool once again. We have also implemented a number of feature requests that you, your users, have been sending our way. Reported and found bugs havebeen evacuatedfrom the product.
  • New features of MSI Generator:
  • New Files tab:
  • Enjoy a user-friendly tree list view
  • Navigate faster with asingle view for both included and excluded items
  • Highlighting of the excluded items
  • Leverage different view filters
  • Enjoy improved permission management
  • Addsystem folders
  • Import files together with extracting COM information
  • Easily move, enameanddeleteresources
  • New ShortcutsApps -> MSI tab:
  • Highlights:
  • User-friendly tree list view
  • Single view for both included and excluded items
  • Highlighting of the excluded items
  • Different view filters
  • Adding subfolders ands ystem folders
  • Moving, renaming, deleting shortcuts
  • New Registry tab:
  • Highlights:
  • User-friendly tree list view
  • Single view for both included and excluded items
  • Highlighting of the excluded items
  • Different view filters
  • Permission management
  • Adding new registry keys and values
  • Moving, renaming, deleting resources
  • APPV and UWP app deletion:
  • Delete the unnecessary UWP and APPV apps and their linked data using the context menu. Note that deletion is available only for the excluded resources
  • Other Improvement:
  • MSI Generator:
  • Improved speed of building large MSI packages.
  • Ability to override the MSI summary information, obtained from the profile, with the custom one.
  • Fixed issue with the wrong path to the @ParentDir@variable in the Quality Assistant.
  • Cancelation of the build process responsesfaster.2.3.2
  • MSI Editor:
  • Automatic integration of the missing necessary standard actions into the opened MSI package on saving.

New in PACE Suite 5.1.1 (May 17, 2019)

  • New features:
  • MSIX support
  • Merge Module (MSM) creation
  • Manage package upgrades
  • Control empty folders creation and removal
  • Control how the MSI package will be displayed in the Apps & Features list (also Programs and Features in the Control Panel)
  • New Package Summary Tab
  • Other Improvements:
  • Docu Generator:
  • Docu Generator does not require MS Office libraries to save your documents in Word formats (DOC, DOCX). You can no wsave manuals you created in Docu Generator as Word documents on an absolutely clean system
  • The built-in document template has been updated–make a copy of it and customize it according to your needs
  • MSI Editor:
  • Stability of the CAB creation utility has been improved.
  • The mechanism of Merge Module import has been improve
  • MSI Generator:
  • Stability of the CAB creation utility has been improved
  • Stability and speed of the Capture Installation Wizard have been improved
  • Issues with parsing registry for UWP packages have been fixed.
  • The quality of the generated MSI packageshas been improved.

New in PACE Suite 5.0.0.0 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Meet our redesigned and dramatically improved MSI Editor in PACE Suite 5.0. This new major release extends the beloved user experience from the Files and Registry tabs to other tabs, such as Shortcuts, Features-Components,
  • and Properties. Unqiue design and approach make it much easier to manage package resources and package structure for both newcomers and packaging ninjas. New TreeList view, Details pane, and Properties windows provide the maximum information about each selected entry and allow to manage them. Navigate through all your changes thanks to colourful highlights, and undo any operation if necessary. Finally, we got your back if you make an error -lots of validation rules instantly show potential issues with the package before you save it. As requested by our users, management of the Summary Information of transforms (MST) has been added to PACE Suite 5.0. MSI and MST Summary Information have been moved to the separate tab that shows its details with a
  • helpful description.

New in PACE Suite 4.7.0.0 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • New Registry tab in MSI Editor:
  • Enjoy a user-friendly tree list view on the Registry tab and find all registry keys and values from both “Registry” and “RemoveRegistry” tables. This view makes it easier to see all contents of all keys – either check everything that is in your package or use a high-level overview.
  • In the tree list, you can immediately see registry value’s details such as type, value itself, and Component to which this value is assigned. All added, modified, or removed resources are highlighted with colours, and you can quickly undo any of those changes.
  • Using the Registry tab, you can create a new key, value and value/key removal items (RemoveRegistry).
  • Error detection right when it’s most needed
  • The tree list has a vast amount of validation rules so you can fix errors before testing or building your package. For instance, it checks if a value matches all the limitations and rules of the specified value type; if there are keys, which begin or end, or contain extra backslashes (). Another example – the tree list even checks if the component, associated with the registry value, does not contain both per-user and per-machine resources, as it is against the packaging best practices and rules.
  • The number of validation errors is calculated and displayed in the status bar below the tree list so you will not miss any errors.
  • Rich data for every resource:
  • In MSI Editor, Registry tab has four types of resources – Hives (roots), registry keys, registry values, and value/key removal items –each of which has its own Details pane. For instance, for registry key the Details pane shows its name, parent key, root, and other relevant details and key options. For registry values, you can review their values in parsed (transformed) view and in their original, raw MSI format.
  • You can also edit all above-mentioned details for each resource in their respective Property windows.
  • For instance, for a registry value, you can change identifier, name, value type, value itself, key, where this value is located, root and re-assign this value to another component from the list. For creating a Default key value, or securing a key creation and/or removal, simply select a respective option from the Value processing method field.
  • Redesigned permissions management:
  • MSI Editor now has a new permission management property, and you can change permissions for registry keys on the Registry tab.
  • Registry permissions:
  • You can also quickly enable or disable permissions for any key.
  • “Move to” feature
  • Now, you can move any resource to a new place in just one click and without any leftovers.
  • Registry move to :
  • Moving has an advanced mechanism that checks existing permission settings of the keys, which will be merged, and informs you in advance about potential issues. Easily take one value or key with values and subkeys and place it in a new location with one click.
  • Other Improvements:
  • MSI Editor:
  • A new approach to creating patch packages, which changes the way files are extracted from MSI before creating a patch. We developed our solution that offers better stability than the standard tool, built into the operating systems, so now you can always get a working patch package with PACE Suite.
  • Many enhancements to the internal mechanisms of MSI Editor that boosted the overall speed of editing your packages.
  • MSI Generator:
  • We replaced the old mechanism of creating CAB files to guarantee the better stability of managing these resources. CAB files are always split into equal parts and do not depend on the file size. For instance, even files over 3Gb in size will be divided into 500MB cabinet files and will be saved correctly.
  • Another improvement to MSI Generator is a signigicantly better identification of package’s architecure (32-bit or 64-bit) that depends on the resources you capture. Now, the final value of the Platform field will be set automatically and correctly if you left the Autodetect option turned on.
  • You can find detailed description of the new features in PACE Suite 4.7 Release Notes. Don’t forget to check our PACE Suite User Manual – your go-to guide to software packaging with PACE Suite.

New in PACE Suite 4.6.0.0 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • In our latest PACE Suite 4.6, we introduse a completely new user interface for working with files in MSI Editor. Our new Files tab is not simply a redesign but a new approach to reviewing and managing files and folders, with complex tasks made easy even for newcomers to application packaging. PACE Suite 4.6 now is truly the packaging tool – both for experts and for beginners to the sphere.
  • Another key feature we are launching in this release is media settings management. The essential part of our approach to Media is that MSI Editor will process all added files only once when you save your package. This allows us to boost the performance of saving packages even further.
  • As always, PACE Suite helps you to create error-free, high-quality packages. New Files tab now has a vast amount of validation rules and displays errors so you can fix them before building your package. Moreover, Remove feature on the Files tab now offers an even better level of purity when you remove a resource.
  • And we have only started – there are many more new improvements to working with files and folders in MSI Editor. Read on to learn about each new handy feature in more detail.
  • New Files tab in MSI Editor:
  • Files tab now displays all files and folders in a tree list view that makes it easier to see all contents of all folders. In the tree list, you can immediately see file’s details such as type, size, versions and MSI table from which a resource has been read. All added, modified, or removed resources are highlighted with colors, and you can quickly undo any of those changes. New Files tab also has filters that hide empty folders, removed resources and resources without permissions.
  • A quick way to find and fix errors:
  • The tree list has a vast amount of validation rules so you can fix errors before testing or building your package. For instance, it checks if there are files with a similar name or similar target path, even if they are in different folders. Another example – the tree list shows resources with forbidden characters in a name. The number of validation errors is calculated and displayed in the status bar below the tree list so you will not miss any errors.
  • Unique Details pane for each type of resources:
  • In MSI Editor, Files tab has four types of resources – folders, files, INI files, and duplicate files – for each of which it offers its own Details pane. The Details pane shows name, target and source paths, and other relevant details and attributes. For INI files, you can review their contents in their Details pane. You can also edit all abovementioned details for each resource in their respective Property windows. For instance, for files, you can change version, name, language, sequence number or even target installation folder and set files to be read-only. You can also change specific details for INI files, duplicate files, and folders.
  • Redesigned permissions management:
  • MSI Editor now has a new permission management property, and you can change permissions for each type of resources. You can also quickly enable or disable permissions for any resource.
  • Updated “Add system folder” feature:
  • We have reviewed the list of system folders you can add to your packages to ensure you get all modern and relevant options. You can also find descriptions for each standard folder.
  • “Move to folder” feature:
  • Now, you can move any resource to a new place in just one click and without any leftovers. Moving has an advanced mechanism that does not leave empty components in your MSI. Easily take one file from multi-file component and place it in a new location (and for this file a new component will be created according to the packaging best practices).
  • “Set as INSTALLDIR” feature:
  • In the context menu, you will find a new feature Set as INSTALLDIR, which allows to make any folder INSTALLDIR.
  • New media settings for better performance:
  • We have removed media settings from Import Files and Add Driver Wizards because we have a new dedicated Media tab for them. New Media tab allows managing how files will be saved to the package.
  • MSI Editor will process all added files only once when you save your package. That allows you to choose or edit the necessary compression type after importing the files or at any convenient time. However, the best part is that saving packages in MSI Editor became faster and results in even cleaner packages because, for instance, all files will be placed into one CAB.
  • Experts can choose to mix different compression types in one package. That’s possible because MSI Editor processes installation source files according to the entries in Media table.
  • Yet another useful feature this release brings is rebuilding your MSI with any supported compression type. For instance, you open a package with some files saved as CABs and others saved as Uncompressed; now, you can process them all using one compression type.
  • Here’s another crowd pleaser: a considerable number of our clients have asked us to add a new compression type – Internal CAB (cabinet) – and we delivered.
  • Finally, one more area for customization you will appreciate. If you choose an External or Internal type, you can manage CAB options such as name template, compression algorithm, and maximum CAB size for splitting the files into several CABs.
  • And even more improvements:
  • MSI Editor:
  • We enhanced the mechanism behind the “Remove” feature in the Files tab to offer you top-level purity: if you remove a resource all referenced items will be removed too, without any leftovers in your package.
  • We improved the appearance of the selected items in Trees, Lists, and Grids so you can see the highlighted errors and changes better.=
  • MSI Generator:
  • Moving to a unified user experience in PACE Suite applications, MSI Generator now lets you to choose INI file handling options just the way you used to do it in MSI Editor

New in PACE Suite 4.5.0.0 (Feb 22, 2018)

  • We proudly present our new PACE Suite 4.5, in which we have focused on one of essential parts of software packaging – managing Custom Actions and Device Drivers. Our principal goal in this release was to simplify working with drivers and custom actions and provide enough guidance (especially through smart Wizards) so that even after complex customizations, our users will end up with packages that work.
  • Wizard for adding Drivers:
  • The new “Add Driver” Wizard guides you through every step of including drivers into your packages and saves you time with useful tricks like automatically detecting and displaying all files that are related to your driver. The Wizard allows you to manage various aspects of driver files (for instance, their compression type), set driver installation options, conditions, and choose target architecture.
  • New Drivers Tab:
  • We have added a new separate tab for Device Drivers, where you can review, edit, and remove drivers. The tab shows details such as driver installation files (INF), files that are related to a particular driver, conditions, and installation options. You can set various installation options like overwriting an existing driver, adding a separate entry to Programs and Features in the Control Panel and others. All the changes you make are highlighted, and validation errors (if any) are displayed.
  • Smart Custom Actions Wizard:
  • To simplify adding and editing custom actions, we have developed the “Add Custom Action” Wizard. The most exciting feature of our Wizard is that it takes into consideration your every input on every step and later disables options that are incompatible with your previous choices. For instance, if the basic type is “Launch an EXE”, the tree-like interface displays only EXE files and filters out everything unrelated; when you select a sequence position where your custom action will be run, all positions, incompatible with your previous choices, are disabled and so on.
  • Completely redesigned Custom Actions tab:
  • Meet new Custom Actions tab, which now displays custom and standard actions from all sequences, as well as not-sequenced custom actions, which are present only in the CustomAction table and do not have references in other sequence tables. Various custom action details such as their basic type, execution mode, and others are in this tab. Here, you can edit custom actions, move them up or down in a sequence or put your custom actions directly into the required sequence position (PACE Suite only displays positions that are available for your particular custom action). All changes you make are highlighted, and errors and warnings are displayed.
  • And even more improvements:
  • As usual, we do not forget about continuous improvement of existing features. We increased the stability of how several features in MSI Generator and MSI Editor work in especially tricky packaging scenarios. To save you a few mouse clicks, we added file type association with Wise Package Studio .WSI project files, and now you can open them with MSI Editor directly from the context menu.

New in PACE Suite 4.4.0.0 (Oct 10, 2017)

  • This major release introduces some innovations that ensure our approach while remaining the best-in-class professional way to create and edit packages, continuously makes software packaging simpler.
  • Support of Universal Windows Platform:
  • Please welcome our most significant feature upgrade – you can now create Universal Windows Platform app packages with PACE Suite. Our core intention was to make the creation of APPX packages as easy as possible, and by using PACE Suite 4.4, you can bring your desktop apps to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) in just a few mouse clicks.
  • The most important innovation that we bring to the creation of UWP app packages is that there is no need to deep-dive into the details of the APPX technology, install Windows SDK components, and prepare peculiar environments to start packaging in this new format. PACE Suite 4.4 can build APPX packages independently in your standard packaging environment under Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 or newer.
  • PACE Suite 4.4 allows you to manage all the application details and sign your APPX package (if necessary) in our familiar, user-friendly interface. Moreover, you can customise app visual assets such as logos, background colour and others. As UWP format has some limitations, you can review them right in PACE Suite before creating your package
  • New Installation Capturing Wizard:
  • We want to ensure PACE Suite is the easiest application tool at any given moment. That is why we are continuously enhancing our wizards to guide even novice users to the successful creation of high-quality packages. With this release, we completely redefined our Installation Capturing Wizard.
  • The Wizard begins with inspecting your packaging environment and then tells you which of processes and services you should stop. Whether you don’t know how to configure a proper packaging environment or simply missed something – the Wizard helps you create pure and reliable packages. What is more, it will successfully capture an application that requires a system restart. New Wizard’s mechanism of automatic restore continues from the ‘Installation’ step. Finally, the Wizard allows you to copy all the captured resources to the project folder right after the installation is completed. Need to work under different packaging environments? Seamlessly transfer your captured project with all the source files between them. Deleted some resource you had excluded, and now want to include it back to your package? All source files are safe in the project folder.
  • A new level of working with MSI tables:
  • PACE Suite stays the most advanced tool for application packaging, and with this release, we do not forget to cater to the needs of our professional users. As direct MSI editing is a crucial feature for seasoned packagers, we enhanced the Tables tab of our MSI Editor.
  • Visual improvements include better highlighting for the selected elements and auto-adjusted columns widths. From the functionality standpoint, you can now see the removed tables with their initial content, reuse identifiers of the removed rows, review and handle elements with their references to other tables during the dropping non-empty MSI tables, and enjoy others usability improvements.
  • Enhanced Undo/Redo mechanism:
  • We have completely redesigned the Undo/Redo mechanism to ensure maximum stability even for the most sophisticated manipulations. You can now experiment with your packages freely and revert almost all MSI database changes to the previous or initial state (some operations are still irreversible due to their peculiarity; please refer to the Release Notes for the full list).
  • Please read PACE Suite 4.4 Release Notes for the full overview of the new features and some bug fixes. Don’t forget to check our entirely new PACE Suite User Manual – your go-to guide to software packaging with PACE Suite.

New in PACE Suite 4.3.0 (Apr 25, 2017)

  • We have just released PACE Suite 4.3 and together with several new features, we made it the fastest tool to build MSI packages. In this blog post, we will provide a detailed overview of our internal tests.
  • Enhanced Performance of Building MSI:
  • Check our new enhanced algorithm of the building of MSI packages.Even the largest installers have been re-packaged in an amazingly short periods of time.
  • Improved Speed of Opening MSI:
  • Previously, opening a particularly large MSI in MSI Editor could have taken a substantial amount oftime. In this release, we have improved the Open MSI feature in MSI Editor, so now you can open packages significantly faster.
  • Export Registry to REG File:
  • Now you can export registry entries from your MSI package to the REG file using MSI Editor.Registry export is available from different places: (1) Export the selected registry key or hiveusingthe Registry tab; (2) Export registry of the selected Feature or Component using the Features/Components tab; (3) Export the selected registry entries from the Registry table on theT ables tab. The created REG file will have the latest 5.00 format version.
  • Import .NET Assemblies and 64-bit COM information:
  • Update small MSI packages,which require adding new files with their registration information,without them being recaptured.Now the Import Files Wizard allows extracting and importing to the package both 32-64 bit COM information and .NET assemblies.Just import new files to the package by selecting the ‘Import COM information’ option on the last step of the wizard
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • MSI Generator:
  • 28033 Getting the “Unable to cast object of type 'System.Byte[]' to type 'System.String'”error on building MSI package.
  • 28082 Some properties from the selected MST are not applied to the simulated installation during creating a response transform.
  • 28094 Absence of confirmation message on overwriting an existent MST with the newly created response transform.
  • 26840 Wrong validation of captured and detected hard coded values on the Properties tab
  • 22959 The generated MSI package does not have captured icon, displayed in the‘Programs and Features’ of the Control Panel.
  • 27665 Summary Information, displayed on the Package tab are overwritten with Summary Information from the selected ‘MSI settings profile’
  • 26263 Redundant special symbols are exported to the REG file.
  • 28300 Crash on switching to the Start screen after canceling save changes.
  • 28304 Losing FTAs on importing some of App-V packages.
  • 28346 Issue withsaving project file, created by importing App-V package.
  • 28338 Unexpected behavioron closing the Monitoring window.
  • 23195 Renamed component is not displayed on the Features/Components tab after undoing changes.
  • 26851 The ‘There is an error in XMLdocument’ problem, appeared during the Snap shotting.
  • 28355 Excluded registry keys are saved to the exported REG file.
  • 22915 Validation does not work for the Language field of the Package tab.
  • 22971 Validation does not work for the Product Code and Upgrade Code fields of the Package tab.
  • 28297 Incorrect values of the required files are saved to thegenerated package.
  • 28425 Permissions that were captured for the excluded registry keys are saved to thecreated MSI package.
  • 28383 The “RemoveIniValues” and“WriteIniValues" actions are not added if absence onbuilding MSI package with permission changes.
  • 27647 The 'C:UsersPublic' directory is not defined properlyin the created MSI package.
  • 25702Some internal and external CAB files of huge packages are missing.
  • MSI Editor:
  • 24142Issue with opening huge packages with big amount of resources.
  • 27090Extracting COM information from the C:WindowsSysWOW64dplaysvr.exe filer equests installing DirectPlay Windows feature.
  • 27605 Crash on importing VSConvertersPackage.dll file to package.
  • 28049 Closing the “Save As” dialog will close the application.
  • 28265 Issue with opening certain MSI packages.
  • 28296 Crash onreverting some changes such as applying MST.
  • 24215 Crash ondropping some tables with changed content.
  • 26273 The Find and replace windows does not respond in some specific cases.
  • 28366 Crash on comparing some identical MSI packages.
  • 28394 Unexpected behavior on multiple renaming key column values using the Tables tab.
  • 28455 Crash onspecificrenamingof custom and standard actions on the Custom Actions tab.
  • 28430 Incorrect import of the REG_MULTI_SZ registry value.
  • 28404 Issue with updating some tables in result of complete removing and adding new permissions.
  • 28423 Some of folders could not be expanded on the Files tab for some specific packages.
  • 23030 The ‘Existing’ media typeoptionis notavailable for the further file import if theImage Type in the Summary Information was set to ‘External tree-*’.
  • 21862 Incorrect information message on comparing identical packages.
  • 23973 Failed to import locked system files without warning message.
  • 25930 Issue with displaying imported files on the Files tab if the TARGETDIR directory does not exist.
  • 27761 Redundant row is added to the Media table after importing files with the‘Uncompressed’ media type option.
  • 28267 Special symbols are not replaced in the file name of the imported icon containingfile to the Icon table.
  • 28275 Incorrect value of the DiskIdcolumn is saved to the Media table on files import.
  • 28276 Issue with importing some registry entries, which contain the ‘WOW6432Node’ key.
  • 28277 Imported TLB files are saved to one component instead of separate ones.
  • 28283 The import shortcut function displayed incorrectly in the Undo/Redo history list.
  • 28287 By default, thePlatform type is not specified for the blank packages.
  • 28363 Empty binary registry values are imported as string values.
  • 28364 Issue with escaping some special symbols in theregistry, imported from the REG file.
  • 28372 Some of input fields on the Registry tab is not disabled for the read-only packages.
  • 28426 Find/Replace does not work with the backward slash symbol ‘’.
  • 28407 Sorting by columndoes not work properlyin the liston the last step of the Import files wizard.
  • 28447 Issue with escaping square brackets in string registry values on the registry import.
  • 28448 Incorrect replacing of the “%1substring in MSI tables using the Find/Replace functionality.
  • 28095 The “Remove Ini Values” and “Write Ini Values" actions are not added if absence on adding permission changes.
  • 28381 Paths to imported COM objects are not replaced with the respective file properties([#filekey]).
  • 24226 Validation for adding new folder witha non-unique name does work.
  • 21250 Renaming folder to a non-unique name leads to hiding this folder from the Files tab.
  • 24178 Issue with importing big amount of files to MSI package using the ‘New CAB’ media type

New in PACE Suite 4.2.0 (Feb 28, 2017)

  • Permission change management:
  • Review captured permission changes, modify them or add new ones for files, folders, and registry keys of your MSI package using handy permissions dialog.
  • Creating response transforms:
  • Tune any existing Windows Installer (MSI) package by capturing your inputs and changes made to the simulated installation dialogs and saving them as a transform file.
  • Enhanced performance:
  • PACE Suite is now even faster than before! As the installation packages become increasingly larger, we ensure repackaging will run several times faster.

New in PACE Suite 4.1.0 (Sep 30, 2016)

  • NEW MODERN USER INTERFACE (UI):
  • Unified UI styles for the enhanced usability:
  • Just focus on the work results instead of focusing on the tool. Enjoy the enhanced usability provided by the unified styles for action buttons, menus, fields, captions, panes and other controls. The new version presents all 150 screens of the PACE Suite components in a common harmonic look.
  • Find the available functions in a single structured menu:
  • The new style of menu secures finding all available functions, optimizes the use of Windows screens and user’s efforts
  • New intelligible wizards for running complex scenarios:
  • Say goodbye to ugly old style wizards and narrow tables overwhelmed with data. The new perspicuous wizard design serves for simplification of displaying big amount of data and various options.
  • Discover new way of managing package resources:
  • Working with files and registry is a complex task performed with the use of both MSI Generator and MSI Editor. The new responsive tree and list views serve for working with a larger amount of resources with the same window size.
  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Added support of virtual fonts subsystem for App-V:
  • MSI Generator secures including captured Fonts to a virtual Microsoft App-V 5.1 package. The font information is stored as an extension (AppV.Fonts) of the manifest file.
  • FIXED BUGS:
  • Crashes at the snapshot comparison phase of the capturing process in MSI Generator
  • Crash on importing files to an empty package in MSI Editor
  • Issues with proper displaying values of the ‘Last saved by’, ‘Created’ and ‘Saved’ properties of the Summary Information stream in MSI Editor
  • Problem with specifying new custom location of ThinApp install in MSI Generator
  • Bug related to creation of a new registry key in MSI Editor
  • Incorrect behavior of MSI Generator on saving per user data to an App-V package in case it was captured by another user
  • Problem with losing Application Name and Publisher properties during the capturing applications
  • UI issue on refreshing the Features-Components tree after adding a new MSI feature in MSI Editor

New in PACE Suite 4.0.0.6 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • PACE Suite 4.0 brings full support of Microsoft App-V 5.x technology that enables you
  • to create and edit packages for virtual application.
  • Manage various package resources like Files, Folders, Registry entries, Services,
  • Shortcuts and File Type Associations (FTAs).
  • Specify the Virtualization Levels (Merge or Override) for the Folders and Registry
  • keys.
  • Update Product details such as Application Name, Version, Publisher, Package Name and Description.
  • Control Streaming Options to optimize an App-V package over slow or unreliable
  • networks.
  • Use the Target OS dialog to specify the operating systems that can run the created
  • virtual application package.
  • Select the Primary Virtual Application Directory (PVAD) value for the best result.
  • Advanced Options allows to enable visibility of the named and COM objects in an App-V
  • package to the local system to improve the usability of some application functions.
  • In addition, it allows enabling full write permissions to the virtual file system for
  • the virtual application.

New in PACE Suite 3.5 (Feb 17, 2016)

  • The updated functionality of PACE Suite 3.5 brings the following application packaging and deployment features:
  • VMware ThinApp packages
  • Integration with Microsoft SCCM 2007/2012
  • Patch Package Creation
  • Package Complexity Estimation
  • Generate Custom Package Reports
  • Advanced Quality Assistant
  • Along with the new functionality, Infopulse introduced drastic changes to the PACE Suite pricing and licensing policies
  • Starting from February 2016, Infopulse is offering its clients one product, that includes all functions regardless of the license type. Moreover, all new licenses are perpetual and include one year of free Maintenance Service
  • A Freelance license can be used by freelance engineers, providing application packaging and virtualization services to their end customers
  • An Enterprise license is the primary choice for a business of any scale, looking for an effective and cost-friendly application packaging software to solve internal packaging or software migration challenges
  • A Service Provider license is intended for the companies aiming to increase their business opportunities and offering software management services to their clients as well as having their internal packaging needs

New in PACE Suite 3.4.2 (May 7, 2015)

  • MSI EDITOR 3.4.2:
  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Formula bar for experts:
  • New feature of the Tables tab – resizable Formula bar providing better experience of viewing and smart editing multi-line or very long values stored in MSI tables.
  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Improved On-the-fly validation:
  • MSI Editor instantly detects common and ICE validation errors.
  • Improved Intelli-sense:
  • The feature helps to populate formatted strings in MSI database easily and without errors.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fixed crashes on adding new tables for schema 500, on undoing many operations from history list, and on other common operations.
  • Fixed wrong conversion of some imported registry values.
  • Fixed a number of issues related to ICE validation.
  • Fixed a number of issues related to selecting and highlighting cells, rows and tables on Tables tab.
  • Fixed incorrect work of some hotkeys on Tables tab.
  • Now only supported symbols can be used in a name of new directory on Files tab. Unsupported chars could previously cause failures during MSI installation.
  • Fixed issues related to keyboard navigation on the Tables tab and New Row window.
  • Fixed many minor UI-related and functional issues
  • MSI GENERATOR 3.4.2:
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fixed wrong processing of special symbols (&“ ‘ | etc) in captured registry or other values.

New in PACE Suite 3.4.1 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • The 4.3.1 hotfix release removes the bugs related to INI and REG files import and some other problems reported by our users.
  • MSI Editor 3.4.1:
  • Fixed REG file import problem which led to loosing registry data types (all registry values were imported as REG_SZ type).
  • Fixed issues related to INI file import using the Features/Components tab
  • MSI Generator 3.4.1:
  • Fixed the issue that caused the following error when installing an MSI created using “Create Package -> Blank Project” feature: “Could not write value to key \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”.
  • Fixed incorrect import of some kinds of binary registry data from REG files.
  • Fixed the issues that appeared in MSI Generator during capturing process and prevented from successful package creation. Errors messages: hexadecimal value 0x)), is an invalid character”, Failed to get string value...” and “Unable to cast object of type System.Int32...
  • Fixed an access issue that could occur when using MSI Generator’s profile stored on a network share.

New in PACE Suite 3.4.0 (Feb 3, 2015)

  • MSI EDITOR:
  • New features:
  • New empty transform via main menu Transform->New Transform..
  • Merge MST with MSI and save as a new MSI via main menu Transform-> Save Transformed..
  • Create new features on Import Files - If checked, the new PACE_Complete feature for per - machine files and the PACE_UserPart feature for per-user files will be created.
  • Create new features on Import REG File - If checked, the new PACE_Complete feature for per-machine registry keys and the PACE_UserPart feature for per-user registry keys will be created. The PACE_UserPart feature will be a parent feature of the PACE_Complete feature, as per best practice.
  • New Import REG File wizard and the new file parsing mechanism. Now it supports REG files with different encoding, as well as adding and removing registry keys before import. Using the + button, you can add more REG files.
  • New Send Feedback and Bug Report form - Now it is faster and easier to contact the support team to get help or send us any feedback. Furthermore, no more extra actions are needed to send debug information and a screenshot.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved and fixed INI file handling and INI file parsing
  • Improved and re-designed PACE User Manual
  • Improved Recent files list
  • Improved REG file parser
  • New and simple Help menu
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed import of incorrect or corrupted REG files without any messages
  • Fixed bugs related to working with MST (applying/removing/saving)
  • Fixed crash on creation new registry key in the Registry tab.
  • Fixed crash on hiding empty folder in the Files tab in some cases.
  • Fixed the issue related to resizing last column of grid in the Tables, Files, Registry and Property tabs
  • Fixed empty space in the context menu of the Shortcut tab.
  • Fixed incorrect naming of automatically created components (name could exceeded max length in some cases).
  • Fixed crash that appeared while using recent file list in some cases.
  • Fixed incorrect INI file renaming when it is present in both File and IniFile tables
  • Fixed bugs related to parsing of non- standard INI files.
  • Fixed the problem that led to broken uncompressed folder structure next to an MSI file upon import of new uncompressed files
  • Fixed the problem when a file with the same name could not be imported twice in the same location.
  • Fixed the issue that prevented showing imported registry or extracted COM information on the Registry tab
  • Fixed incorrect renaming folders in the MSI in case it contains uncompressed files.
  • Numerous fixes of wrong behavior of UI controls (for example: disabled Next and Finish buttons; disabled Create new feature checkbox; etc.)
  • Fixed too long file names and paths in recent file list.
  • Fixed crash on executing ICE validation in some cases.
  • Fixed wrong GUID of automatically created components (if new registry key was added on the Registry tab into an empty registry root key.)
  • Fixed the issue of not changing the Custom Action’s icon according to the selected source type.
  • Fixed crash that appeared afterundoing some operations.
  • Fixed crash on changing some data on the Application and Features/Components tabs.
  • Fixed the issue of wrong naming of new CAB files.
  • Fixed problem of not updating the Summary Info information such as “Last Saved By” and “Saved”
  • MSI GENERATOR:
  • New features:
  • ODBC settings in profile options. This allows choosing how to handle ODBC information: use Registry table or ODBCDataSource table
  • New Send Feedback and Bug Report form - Now it is faster and easier to contact the support team to get help or send us any feedback
  • Improvements:
  • Unchecked by default using the TypeLib advertised table according to Microsoft recommendation and packaging best practices
  • improved REG file parser
  • Improved and re-designed PACE User Manual
  • New simple Help menu
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed the issues that prevented from building an App-V 5 packagewith the message “Some error occurred during creating App-V 5”.
  • Fixed inaccurate relative path detection for lower case drive letters (e.g., previously ‘c:\’ was notdetected as relative paths in App-V 5.0)

New in PACE Suite 3.3.1 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • New features of MSI Editor:
  • Import of Merge Modules
  • Ability to add Standard Actions via Custom Action tab
  • Row Reference tracking for delete and update operations
  • Improvements of MSI Editor:
  • Improved stability of the application
  • Added the Ctrl + G hotkey to generate new GUID in the Tables tab
  • Upgrade information table on the Application tab has been enhanced
  • Bug fixes of MSI Editor:
  • Crashes during MSI comparison
  • Crash while opening MSI Editor on Windows XP
  • Multiple bugs related to applying transforms have been fixed
  • Transform changes in the Files and Registry tabs were not displaying correctly
  • Feature selection in the Import File wizard did not work properly
  • Crashes when applying filters on the Tables tab
  • Bugs with navigation by cells in the Tables tab
  • Incorrect behavior of the “Rebuild CABs and save” menu item has been fixed
  • Multiple minor UI fixes

New in PACE Suite 3.3.0 (Oct 9, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES IN MSI EDITOR:
  • Application tab:
  • View, select or import new icon for “Add and Remove Programs Control Panel”
  • Import Upgrade information from the selected MSI packages automatically
  • Files tab:
  • New design gives ability to distinguish empty folders
  • Hide empty folders
  • Import files and folders more easily and faster
  • Extract COM information from imported files using new wizard
  • Registry tab:
  • New design and toolbox for convenient work
  • Shortcut tab:
  • Create advertised and non-advertised shortcuts in a new simplified way
  • Create URL shortcuts
  • Import shortcuts
  • Convert existing non-advertised shortcuts to advertised ones
  • View, select or import new icon for shortcuts
  • Features tab:
  • Create new features and components
  • Import files/folders or REG files directly to selected component or feature
  • Manage feature structure using drag-n-drop
  • NEW FEATURES IN MSI GENERATOR:
  • Ability to create a new empty project to import resources manually.
  • MSI GENERATOR BUGS FIXED:
  • Window size bug when switing between tabs
  • Problem with access to profiles folder located on a network drive
  • Fixed “Exception during converting mgp to App-V 5 package” which appeared in some cases
  • MSI EDITOR BUGS FIXED:
  • Fixed incorrect view of UItabs in minimal size
  • Fixed problem with changing the Attributes in Upgrade table
  • Fixed crash when importing some REG files

New in PACE Suite 3.1.0 (Apr 9, 2014)

  • App-V 5.0 is the new output package type
  • Now you can smartly maintain ProductCode and UpgradeCode right in MSI Generator
  • Tips Viewer – the new handy helper in MSI Editor
  • A big number of bugfixes and improvements