New Version Available: Visual Patch 3.5.1.0

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Visual Patch 3.5 Update (v3.5.1.0) Released

There is a new service release (v3.5.1.0) available today (November 3rd) for Visual Patch 3 containing bug fixes and new features. You can get the latest version by selecting Help > Check for Update from within the product, or by downloading the full install through your customer portal.

This release contains a variety of bug fixes and new features:

• Feature: Added support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in the Operating System condition tree.
• Feature: Added the multi-line edit dialog to the IR Script Editor.
• Feature: Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2 to the System.GetOSName action.
• Feature: Increased the maximum possible number of characters that can read in when using the INIFile.GetValueNames action.
• Feature: Added the ability to rename design-time constants.
• Feature: Added Windows 7 compatibility section to application manifests.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where comments were causing errors when importing .REG files.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where Scrolling HTML controls could not be shown or hidden.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where screen images located outside of a project theme when override project theme is selected weren't being saved properly.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where REG_DWORD values larger then MAX_INT were not being written to the registry properly.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where focus was being lost on various dialogs in the design GUI after browsing for new files.
• Fix: Updated the autoproxy support to correctly use the INTERNET_PER_CONN_AUTOCONFIG_URL setting.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the click to skip option was not working for Dialog.SplashImage actions.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where a final CRLF was throwing off the Base64 decoding.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the HTTP.Sumbit action was not working properly with invalid certificates and the _IgnoreInvalidCertificate variable set to true.
• Fix: Fixed a bug in the Dialog.SplashScreen action where second delays greater than 59 seconds were not working.
• Fix: Made it so that the File.Install action would not overwrite files protected by WFP.
• Fix: Changed the default folder used for the log file to be the temporary directory as opposed to being the Windows directory.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where HTTP.TestConnection was not using AutoProxy or setting proxy information properly.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where scrolling text controls on customs screens did not have the correct Id.
• Fix: Removed the custom screen from the "Progress" screen section.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where many of the right-click options in the custom screen editor did not work.
• Fix: Made it so that the last selected build configuration is maintained per session in Visual Patch.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where design-time constants were not being expanded on "Progress" screens.
• Fix: Added support for Windows restart messages in Visual Patch's design environment.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where design-time constants were not properly saving newly edited values when deleting design-time constants.
• Fix: Fixed a bug in the DlgProgressBar.SetProperties action's description text where "Enabled" was shown instead of "Visible."
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the patch designer was unable to trigger a rollback if the last file in a version was skipped because it was not found.
• Fix: Added a build warning if a file added from a folder reference already exists (same source location) in the file list resulting in it being skipped.
• Fix: Made it so that files protected via Windows File Protection are skipped during a patch.
• Fix: Added the ability to use the heading font for Static Text controls on Custom screens.