Below is a “sanitized” version of the Install Manager change log leading to the General Release of version 1.0.1.59. 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.

• Fixed issues in the installer with non-printable characters on the EULA page

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.0.113

• Implemented support for separate beta release cycles; auto-update, paths, etc.
• Added package GUID to CSV export
• Added “Select > From CSV File…” to context menus; requires CSV to define Name, SKU and Download ID columns per row

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.0.114

• Revised defaults for custom install locations on Win

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.0.115

• Installer fix for Mac executable vs folder vs zip file

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.0.116

• Auto-Update installation on Windows now re-installs to the path of the invoking application

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.0.117

• When uninstalling, the metadata for a product record is now only removed if all file records associated with that product record are also removed; product should be 'empty' before it is removed
• 'Product ID mismatch…' is no longer reported to the log; this is valid in some cases
• Fixed EULA displayed in installer to coincide with the store; also replaced in public 1.0.0.112
• Fixed “Beta” desktop shortcut replacing general release desktop shortcut
• Added Add/Remove buttons for Settings > Applications; non-functional; in preparation for application management
• Fixed an issue that caused login to fail when the username/password contained special characters

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.1

• Begin support for non-content installs
• Add functions to detect OS architecture; Mac always returns 64
• Begin UI work on add/remove application directories

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.2

• Implemented the ability to add/remove application directories in the Settings dialog
• Made styling tweaks to add account/application dialogs

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.3

• Added more checking around version/architecture in Add Application dialog
• Fixed an installer crash bug that occured in auto-update on Mac

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.4

• Fixed the adding/modifying of applications in the Settings dialog to prevent exact duplicates
• Made styling tweaks to message box icons on Windows
• Added a context menu to the Applications page in the Settings dialog

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.5

• Use encoded account title for settings file naming
• Encrypt account email address in settings files
• Implemented a Filter Menu Button and Filter Menu/Action system. - allows the user to save the contents of the Filter Field as actions that are then accessible via hierarchical menus
• Modified header/filter field styling to account for additional filtering features

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.6

• Fixed the creation of the account's saved filters path
• Fixed the deletion of an account's saved filters path when the account is removed
• Added support for program/app data files
• Added support for application files

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.7

• Added several new tags; i.e. Bryce, Carrara 8.5/8/7.2/7/<7, Lightwave, Photoshop, Vue, General, Software, Plugin, Win/Mac 32/64
• Work on filtering to account for software/platform
• Work on 32/64-bit tag handling
• Do not display tags that are incompatible with “this” OS in the interface; don't show Mac on Win, Win on Mac, 64 on 32

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.8

• Initial support for command line arguments
• Update to Qt 4.8.4

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.9

• Added XML declaration version and encoding to invalid products, product supplement and archive manifest dsx files

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.10

• Added support for daz3dim URI scheme
• Implemented email address pattern validation to the Add Account dialog
• Replaced the preliminary Save Filter dialog with one that is consistent with others in the application
• Implemented an Add Shortcut dialog that allows the user to specify a label as well as a path at creation; consistency with others in the application
• Fixed #49422 : The current chosen install shortcut is now propagated to the Settings dialog
• Implemented date filter variables; %#_days%, %#_weeks%, %#_months% and %#_years%; case insensitive

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.11

• Moved user account information into application data; now unique to the machine user
• Style tweaks on Mac
• Added Remember Me label/checkbox to Login dialog
• Implemented password saving/protection
• The Work Offline option on the Login dialog now also changes the enabled state of the Remember Me option
• Made the Install To path in the Install to where widget selectable
• Made the values in the Installation Details widget selectable

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.12

• Added Metadata (“meta::”) support to the filter field
• Added support for a single file being dropped to multiple versions of an application
• Fixed read of XML files with processing instruction

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.13

• Fixed an issue where the CMS schema version was being erroneously updated, causing unnecessary/undesirable conversion to occur
• Updated CMS connector libraries

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.14

• Initial work on DAZ3DIMHelper; elevated privileges when required
• Set default Save Filter Menu Path to “/”

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.15

• Added Hexagon tag to Download Filters
• Allow tags that are not “this” OS to be displayed
• Order OS related tags according to “this” OS
• Set default state on OS related tags according to “this” OS
• Set default state on most recent application version tags
• Made Filter Menu sorting case insensitive
• Made Filter Menu sorting locale aware
• Convert date filter variables to UTC date/time for compare
• Fixed a bug in the end of week calculation when the %#_WEEKS% date filter variable is used

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.16

• Made tweaks to zip file handling

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.17

• Work on DAZ3DIMHelper privilege elevation on Windows
• Work to set file owner on Mac in elevated privileges mode
• Work on DAZ3DIMHelper RPC

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.18

• The Filter Menu now includes custom filters from a common/default path

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.19

• Fixed platform/architecture tag support
• Tweaked message when required application path is not specified

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.21

• Auto Update on Windows will now request elevated privileges if needed

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.22

• Added 8.5 and 9.6 versions to LightWave application options, to coincide with major/minor versions that implement support for 64 bit
• Added 64 bit architecture options for LightWave 8.5 and above on Windows, 9.6 and above on OSX

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.23

• Added support for installing software applications
• Added configuration of software base paths to the Settings dialog Installation page
• Added a “Show Details” checkbox to the Ready to Download page; toggles visibility of an installation options widget; enabled and checked states are dependent on “Install After Download” checked state
• Replaced the “Install to where?” and “Installation Details” buttons on the Ready to Install and Installed pages with “Show Details” checkboxes; for consistency across all three pages
• Reworked the installation options widget (aka “Install to where?”) to account for the addition of software and plugin support; changed layout, changed labels, moved settings access to an icon button, made paths hyperlinks that open the OS file browser
• Moved the installation details widgets above the queue buttons and checkboxes; improve workflow
• Added a status bar between the listview and installation details widgets of each page
• Fixed an issue where removed applications entries for DAZ Studio 3/3Adv/4/4.5 would be re-inserted on subsequent launches

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.24

• Style tweaks
• Fixed several Mac styling issues

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.25

• Enabled forced checking against update service

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.26

• Implemented #49469 - Split the Product Info tip from General Tool Tips; a new option has been added to the Settings dialog
• Default software base paths are now set based on OS

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.27

• Work on support for installing software applications
• Initial UI work to allow canceling a login attempt while keeping the Login dialog displayed.

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.28

• Tweaked software path tool tips on Windows
• Work on default filters

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.29

• Added support for installing to a Shared/Public directory

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.30

• Added support for (un)installing shortcuts to the desktop and/or start menu

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.31

• Tweaks to alias support on Mac

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.32

• Added support for an Install Manager (InstallManager) tag
• Set Bryce tag default to true
• Settings dialog tooltip tweaks; software paths
• Tweaks to build and publishing systems
• Tweaks to Install Manager Default Filters packaging

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.33

• Fixed issues in the helper application on Mac; stalling, permissions
• Added options to Settings > Installation that allow the user to choose whether Desktop (PC/Mac) and/or Start Menu (PC) shortcuts can be installed for products that provide them
• Reworked the Settings > Installation page to account for new options and improve consistency with the Installation Details widget

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.34

• Added support for mapping applications when they are installed if the manifest contains the appropriate Application element

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.35

• Added (uncommented) support for mapping Hexagon in Settings > Applications
• Added support to Installer/Installed Files context actions for Software and Plugin packages

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.36

• Update CMS connector to Valentina 5.0 ADK
• Updated CMS libraries
• Replaced the Installed To label in the installation details widget with a Show File List… button that displays a list of installed files

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.37

• Added support for displaying Order ID in Product Info tips; this is the internal index, used in order URLs, not neccessarily the order# displayed on the order page; displayed value may still change
• Added support for displaying a hyper-linked Order ID in the Installation Details widget; clicking the link sends the URL for the order to the OS default URL handler (typically a web browser)
• Added a “Show Order…” action to the product options and context menus
• Added Order ID (“order::”) support to the filter field
• Added a “Product Filters” submenu to the product context menu
• Added product filter actions to the product context menu for setting the value of the filter field based on the Product ID, Order ID, Install Date, Installed By (account) or Installed To (path) property of the invoking product
• Added support for Order ID to CSV export

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.38

• Style tweaks in the installation details widgets; subdued comboboxes/buttons, subdued link color, subdued settings icon, show file list enabled states
• Update Show File List button enabled states based on product selection
• Content install path is now only recorded to the archive manifest if the package actually installs content
• Reordered archive manifest insertions

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.39

• Fixed the creation of content registry files to occur only when the content path is valid

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.40

• Split support of shared documents and shared as installation paths

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.41

• Build system tweaks

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.42

• Implemented support for seeding the Ready to Download page via URL

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.43

• Software products will now download/install first if queued

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.44

• Added several custom filters to the Default Filters, in the Filter By Tag menu

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.45

• Support for case insensitive zip file entries

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.46

• Added Store (“store::”) Filter support to the filter field; a boolean filter used to compare the local products/downloads against a list retrieved from the store for the current account; provides users with a means of identifying downloads that have been removed from a product, due to re-packaging, consolidation or the like.

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.47

• Use 4.5 and 3 Adv versions for default DAZ Studio application mapping

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.48

• Fixed a bug in parsing of dzInstall.ini on startup; an [ApplicationPath] section without a key/value pair [for one of dzStudio3InstallDir, dzStudio3InstallDir-64, dzStudio4InstallDir, dzStudio4InstallDir-64] would result in an infinite loop, thereby causing the UI to not be displayed
• Include CMS sub-installer
• Update Default Filters

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.49

• Refactor uninstall code in preparation for proper handling of post-install scripts
• Allow post-install scripts to execute on install, uninstall or both

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.50

• daz3dim scheme URLs now set a sku filter to highlight relevant products; if a filter already exists, the user is prompted with an option to save it prior to changing the filter

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.51

• Fixed a bug in uninstall code refactoring to correctly handle progress updates
• Fixed Sort Order based on Status; Busy First / Idle First
• Products tagged Plugin now install immediately after products tagged Software and before products that are not tagged as either Software or Plugin, within the current install queue; this does not address timing issues with downloads that are followed by immediate install
• Failed install messages are now collected and displayed after all queues are finished processing instead of blocking queues
• Update CMS server to Valentina 5.0
• Custom Install option for CMS is not available during auto-update
• Added support for user documents as a destination path

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.52

• Updated application tags/labels

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.53

• Fixed the Save Filter action not triggering its dialog to be displayed; a regression bug caused by changes to support daz3dim URI scheme
• Updated default filters to coincide with UI label changes

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.54

• Optimized determination of whether a product is Software, Plugin, Mac32, Mac64, Win32, Win64 and/or for the running OS; improved speed
• Fixed a bug that resulted in a product's “smart” state being incorrectly recorded to archived manifests; false positive

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.55

• Disable custom CMS install location on Mac auto-update
• Fixed an issue with determining if a product is Software, Plugin, Mac32, Mac64, Win32, Win64 and/or for the running OS when installing via RPC

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.56

• Disabled automatic installation of the Valentina 5 CMS server [temporarily] for backward compatibility with applications that embed the Valentina 4.8 client and cannot communicate with Valentina 5 server; i.e. DAZ Studio 4.5.1.56 and prior
• Disabled automatic deletion of the Valentina 5 server installers; the installed location contains a CMS folder with the CMS installer for users of applications that can communicate with the Valentina 5 server but do not [currently] include it and do not wish to install an application that does - i.e. Carrara 8.5

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.57

• Revert Valentina 5 server to Valentina 4.8 server; work is needed to handle data conversion more efficiently; conversion time for a large database is not acceptable

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.58 (Released: 2013-05-14)

• Fixed handling of missing “installDir” parameter for Windows installer; affects ability to auto-update from public 1.0.0.112 build

Install Manager : Incremented build number to 1.0.1.59

• 2013-05-15