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Hello, We are including an RTF file as End-User License Agreement in our directive file as follows: [Templates] LicAg=#{pathToEula} (where #{pathToEula} is replaced by the absolute file path using a script) After upgrading to Paquet Builder 2025, the EULA layout is broken as if the RTF file...

In our project file, we are using the Call a C function custom action. Since this requires using absolute paths and since we cannot guarantee all developers use the same path for their code repositories, we put the C file (and identically named header) in a folder, thus using a UNC path in the...

Hello, I noticed that the PFXFile directive documented in https://www.installpackbuilder.com/help/directives also serves as the certificate subject name when SignCertifLocation=1 or the certificate thumbprint when SignCertifLocation=2. I assume that this is because the 3 of them refer to the...

Hello, Would it be possible to extend the registry access (through CA and PB GUI) to be able to pass some registry options and access rights? This would allow accessing both 32-bit and 64-bit parts of the registry (which is currently documented as impossible) and also choosing if a registry key...

Hello, When building x64 packages with Paquet Builder 2018.1, we observe the following warning when mainscript.c is compiled:

Hello, When uninstalling a package silently by executing “Uninst.exe /s” in a command prompt, all files are removed but the Uninst.exe file itself. If the “/s” flag is not used, the Uninst.exe file is removed during installation. PB version: 2018.1 Why this difference? It looks like the...

Hello, Is this possible to provide a way to save PB3 project files as text instead of binary? This would make changes & reviews easier for collaborative work using a source code control system. Thanks.

Hello, I’m currently updating an existing PB3 x86-only project to be able to build both x86 and x86-64 installers. Everything went fine until reaching the shortcuts step. In our PB3 project, I used to create shortcuts through the IDE (Create shortcuts menu) and it went fine (that was the...

Hello, I currently have a standard installer project for a driver package which performs a lot of custom actions. The installer also writes registry entries (these have been added in the “Write registry entries” menu of the PB IDE) and creates several shortcuts (also through the “Create...

Hello, We are currently using PB 3.5.1 and need to be able to digitally sign our packages using SHA-256 and RFC 3161 timestamp. For some reasons, our build server must run under Windows Server 2008 R2 (i.e. Windows 7). In the PB documentation I read the following statement: “By default, time...

Hello, Is there an easy way to set the “Run as administrator” bit in a shortcut created through Paquet Builder? I have found a tricky and hacky way to do it through a VB script, but I think a built-in solution in Paquet Builder could be nice and useful. There is a clean way to do it in C++...

Hello, We got the following error (only for the second time) when building our Paquet Builder 3.3.1 project with the command-line builder: “error while linking uninstaller stub” (exit code 7) Our build system uses Windows 2008 R2 and the PB command-line builder is launched by buildbot (using a...

Hello, From time to time, when launching the installation of our software package (in silent-mode) on Windows 8.1, the following message box pops up at the end of the installation: “Error: could not generate uninstaller”. Nevertheless, the Uninst.exe and Uninst.log files have been created and...

Hello, Since version 3.2, running PBCmdCompiler.exe from the Windows Task Scheduler causes a reset of PB’s project default settings. Consequently, subsequent command-line builds fail with the following error: “FATAL ERROR: Could not initialize taskbar. Error: -2147467263” When launching the PB...

Hello, On Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x86 Standard Edition (I didn’t check for other variants), the %COMMYDOCDIR% global variable value is an empty string. The %COMAPPDATADIR% and %MYDOCDIR% global variables have correct values on the same OS. The expected default value is “C:\Documents and...