Below is a “sanitized” version of the Install Manager change log leading to the General Release of version 1.4.1.69. This log is posted as part of a conscious effort to be more transparent in the development process. That being said, not all information relating to a particular build is present on this page - some information is still considered private and is therefore not included.

• Modified support for displaying in-app notifications
  • In-app notifications presented in the header of the main window can now be configured to immediately open a URL in the system default URL handler (e.g., web browser) instead of displaying a popup dialog

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.50

• Source maintenance
• Modified the cache location of in-app notification data/resources
• Made adjustments to application update check HTTP requests

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.51

• Source maintenance
• Improved logging
  • Message severity
  • When reading paths from dzInstall.ini
  • When dzInstall.ini is not found
  • When retrieved 'current' in-app notification data is empty
  • When the 'current' in-app notification cache resource path cannot be removed
  • When the 'current' in-app notification cache temporary resource path cannot be renamed
  • When the 'current' in-app notification cache temporary resource path cannot be removed
  • When the 'default' in-app notification cache resource path cannot be removed
  • When the 'default' in-app notification cache temporary resource path cannot be renamed
  • When the 'default' in-app notification cache temporary resource path cannot be removed
  • When a user initiates the Default Install Module
  • When the Default Install Module contains no install sets
  • When a named install set within the Default Install Module has a potential to be satisfied
  • When a user accepts a prompt for an install set in the Default Install Module
  • When a user rejects a prompt for install sets in the Default Install Module
  • When no compatible install sets are found in the Default Install Module
  • When a named install set is satisfied in the Default Install Module
• 'Current' in-app notification resources now employ the same safe-write mechanism as 'default' notifications
• Check for in-app notification updates following successful keep-alive negotiation

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.52

• Source maintenance
• Fixed an issue where entering “Work offline” mode would not clear resident in-app notifications

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.53

• Fixed a crash when attempting to work offline
• Improved logging
  • Message severity
  • When a user initiates partial package deletion
  • When a partial package has been removed
  • When a user initiates package deletion
  • When a package has been removed
  • When an adjacent package supplement has been removed
• Moved the Select > All Tagged “<tag>” actions to an “All Tagged” submenu
  • Ready to Download context menu
  • Ready to Install context menu
  • Installed context menu
• Moved the Deselect > All Tagged “<tag>” actions to an “All Tagged” submenu
  • Ready to Download context menu
  • Ready to Install context menu
  • Installed context menu
• Added a “From CSV File…” action to the “Deselect” menu
  • Ready to Download context menu
  • Ready to Install context menu
  • Installed context menu
• The “From CSV File…” actions now add to, or subtract from, the current selection by default
  • Choosing the Select > From CSV File…, or Deselect > From CSV File…, action from a context menu will not modify the selected state of any package that is not discretely referenced in the CSV file
  • Pressing/Holding the [Ctrl/Cmd] key when choosing the Select > From CSV File…, or Deselect > From CSV File…, action from a context menu modifies the behavior to apply absolutely
    • Select > From CSV File… will then select only packages that are discretely referenced in the CSV file, and deselect all others
    • Deselect > From CSV File… will then select all packages except those that are discretely referenced in the CSV file

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.54

• Source maintenance
• Improved logging
  • Home path location, total drive space, available drive space
• Fixed potential race conditions
  • When logging in
  • When retrieving JSON data
• Refactored the main window header
  • Better utilize available space when an in-app notification exists
  • Better handling of dynamic re-sizing

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.55

• Made adjustments to main window header styling when notifications are not enabled

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.56

• Enabled the in-app notifications feature for standard (non-privileged) access
  • Relies on notification data for the logged in account being available from the store

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.57

• Source maintenance
• Modified styling of the button that appears in the Ready to Download footer notification to better reflect its behavior
  • Clicking the button results in the notification being “minimized”, not “dismissed” like a notification in the header, and should be styled accordingly/distinctly
• The tooltip for a header notification now includes the title of the notification
  • This is beneficial in cases where the user-chosen size of the main window causes titles that are too long to be displayed in the allotted space to be clipped

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.58

• Source maintenance
• Modified styling of the Filter Menu Button
• Added a “Same Name” option to the “Filter Package(s)” submenu of the Ready to Download page context menu
• Added a “Same Name” option to the “Filter Package(s)” submenu of the Ready to Install page context menu
• Added a “Same Name” option to the “Filter Installed” submenu of the Installed page context menu

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.59

• Source maintenance
• Fixed an issue where entering “Work offline” mode would not clear resident in-app header notifications
  • Manifested when a “too many connections for this account” condition occurred
• Fixed a styling issue with the Filter Menu Button on macOS

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.60

• Source maintenance
• Fixed misspellings in messages displayed when requesting, or error reporting on, elevated permissions on macOS

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.61

• Source maintenance
• Fixed an issue that caused the Ready to Download footer notification area to be displayed when the current notification data for an account was empty (had no notification)
• Switching between an account with notifications and an account without notifications now automatically hides/minimizes the Ready to Download footer notification area

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.62

• Updated build/installers to include the latest versions of MS redistributables; 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022
• Fixed execution of MS redistributable sub-installers via command line options

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.63

• Build system tweaks
  • macOS codesigning

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.64

• Build system tweaks
  • macOS notarization

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.65

• Build system tweaks
  • macOS notarization

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.66

• Publishing system tweaks

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.67

• Removed the option to open the ReadMe from the installer
  • The application provides a Help button in the top right corner of the main window
  • The ReadMe option ultimately lead to the same URL as clicking the Help button in the main window

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.68

• Source maintenance
• A horizontal scrollbar is no longer shown when the contents of the Ready to Download footer notification is wider than the available visible space
  • The user must resize the window horizontally to reveal more of the notification contents
  • A vertical scrollbar is shown if the contents of the notification is taller than the available visible space
• While an Install Module/Set is actively being processed, only the tab for the active page should be enabled
  • The appropriate tabs for the working online/offline state are re-enabled when processing completes or fails

InstallMgr : Incremented build number to 1.4.1.69

• 1.4.1.69 - 2023-11-02
• 1.4.1.67 - 2023-10-05
• 1.4.1.62 - 2023-08-31
• 1.4.1.60 - 2023-08-25