Version 2026.0
Latest- New AI-powered configuration assistant with multi-provider LLM support (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, DeepSeek, Ollama, LM Studio) for project configuration, documentation lookup, and AI-driven translations
- New MCP Server: standalone tool exposing 20 commands for AI-assisted automation — open, modify, compile, and save installer projects programmatically via Claude Code and other AI assistants
- New ARM64 native installer support: generate native ARM64 Windows installers alongside existing x86 and x64 targets
- New Installation scope system with 5 modes (None, Current User, All Users, User Choice, Automatic) — automatic path, shortcut, registry, and UAC configuration based on scope selection
- New WebView2 integration: modern HTML/CSS rendering for welcome screens, EULA, readme, and custom dialogs with automatic Markdown fallback for systems without WebView2
- New Custom CSS editor for customizing installer dialog stylesheets
- New JSign code signing support: free, open-source Java-based signing with PFX, hardware tokens (EToken, YubiKey), Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, and Google Cloud KMS
- New Write Environment Variable custom action: set persistent Windows environment variables (user or system scope) with safe uninstall that only removes variables created by the installer
- New Directory-based project format (.pbpx): new default format stores project data as XML files instead of a single ZIP archive, with external change detection and auto-reload
- New Resource string AI translation: translate selected strings to all project languages using the configured AI provider
- New Fill Missing Strings Across Languages: propagate resource strings from one language to all others where they are missing
- New Custom actions Undo/Redo support (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) with up to 30 levels of history
- New In-app auto-update system with background checking, release notes dialog, additional package management, and Authenticode verification — no admin elevation required for update check
- New Modernized compilation log with card-based UI, build phase stepper, collapsible sections, dark mode support, and copy path button
- New Drag-and-drop folder support in File Manager: drop folders directly into the file list with optional subfolder scanning
- New New %OSARCH% runtime variable returning x86, x64, or ARM64 based on the OS processor architecture
- New New scope runtime variables: %PBINSTALLSCOPE%, %PBINSTALLSCOPEDIR%, %PBSHORTCUTROOT%, %PBDESKTOPROOT%
- New Full directive export with 68+ parameters, component definitions, and screen templates
- New New directives for installation scope, JSign signing, and additional signing options
- New Long path support up to 2048 characters across installer and uninstaller operations
- New Resource string multi-selection support in the editor
- New Build log right-click context menu with Copy Selected Text and Copy All commands
- New ForceMarkdownViewer property on readme, license, and panel custom actions to force legacy Markdown rendering regardless of WebView2 availability
- New Completely rewritten documentation, integrated directly into the software and available online
- New Offline PDF manual available for download: Installer and SFX Creation Guide
- Improved Azure Trusted Signing rebranded to Azure Artifact Signing, matching Microsoft's rename (old directive names still accepted as aliases)
- Improved LZMA SDK upgraded to version 26.00
- Improved Modern styled message dialogs throughout the application
- Improved Improved HTML editing of dialog content (Welcome, EULA, Readme)
- Improved Component reordering now uses insert/shift instead of swap for more intuitive drag-and-drop
- Improved Improved DPI scaling for side images in modern wizard dialogs
- Improved Project format conversion between directory-based and ZIP-based formats via backstage view
- Improved Updated shipped language files synchronized with English base template for all active languages
- Fixed Fixed side-by-side configuration error when version number has fewer than 4 parts
- Fixed Fixed XML custom actions crash on non-English Windows systems
- Fixed Fixed XML custom actions crash on self-closing or missing XML nodes
- Fixed Fixed white background not applied to checkboxes and radio buttons in installer dialogs
- Fixed Fixed uninstaller temp copy not deleted for non-admin users
- Fixed Fixed access violation (crash) at end of installer/uninstaller execution
- Fixed Fixed buffer overflow in extraction loop with long destination paths
- Fixed Fixed UTF-8 encoding errors in shipped language files (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Fixed Fixed resource string delete not synced across languages
- Fixed Fixed linked component file list not updated when source folder changes
- Fixed Fixed command-line compiler missing subfolder files with directive files
- Fixed Fixed component display order not correctly applied in compiled installer
- Fixed Fixed 'Add Language From File' now merges instead of rejecting duplicates, preserving existing project-specific strings