The launcher installs and updates PdfCraft with `msiexec /passive` and no properties, so
INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT always took its default of 1 and every update put the shortcut back,
even for users who had deleted it. The property no longer has a static default: a SetProperty
after AppSearch turns it on for a first install, and for an update only while PdfCraft.lnk is
still on the all-users desktop. A value on the command line still wins, and the full-UI
checkbox still starts ticked on a first install.
test-msi.ps1 checks the action runs after AppSearch in both sequences and evaluates its
condition for first installs, updates with and without the shortcut, and
INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0.
* M14: "Edit with PdfCraft" on the File Explorer menu of PDF files (#682)
The Windows MSI adds a classic shell verb under
HKLM\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.pdf\shell\PdfCraft.Edit that
runs "pdfcraft.exe" "%1" with the app's icon. It appears whichever app is
the default for .pdf and never changes that default. On Windows 11 it is
under "Show more options": a first-level entry needs an IExplorerCommand
handler and package identity, which an MSI doesn't have.
MultiSelectModel is Document: several selected PDFs (up to 15) start one
launch each, and the existing single-instance hand-off opens them as tabs
of one window.
The verb has its own component, conditioned on a new secure public
property INSTALLPDFCONTEXTMENU (default 1, a welcome-dialog checkbox,
INSTALLPDFCONTEXTMENU=0 for unattended installs), following
INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT. Its menu value is the key path, so uninstall
removes every value. The portable zip still registers nothing.
test-msi.ps1 checks the compiled Registry, Component, Property and
CheckBox rows, and that the .pdf default is never written. Docs: README,
docs/releasing.md, parity notes, ROADMAP log.
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* Leave ROADMAP.md to main (its log moved on); the change is described in the PR
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Release builds said "Text recognition isn't installed: its models are
missing" because no packaging script or release job fetched the OCR
models: only `cargo xtask models` does, into the source tree.
- packaging/env.sh gains stage_models DEST, which runs
`cargo xtask models DEST` (every ATTRIBUTION.toml kind = "model" file,
SHA-256 verified, with its licence text). No model file is named, so
the models PRs #433/#572 add ship without packaging changes.
- `cargo xtask models` also writes ATTRIBUTION.txt crediting each model
(CC-BY-SA-4.0 requires attribution when redistributed).
- macOS: PdfCraft.app/Contents/Resources/models, before signing.
- Windows: models\ beside pdfcraft.exe in the MSI (WiX v5 <Files>
harvest) and the portable zip; test-msi.ps1 checks the folder.
- Linux deb/rpm/tar.gz/AppImage, Flatpak bundle and FreeBSD tarball:
share/pdfcraft/models beside bin/. Models::search_dirs now also looks
in <exe dir>/../share/pdfcraft/models (Models::dirs_beside_exe); a
test builds every package layout on disk and finds the models in each.
release.yml and freebsd.yml check the packages contain them.
- The missing-models messages no longer tell end users to run cargo,
and the 11 catalogs that keyed an old PRINTCRAFT_MODELS wording (or
the previous one) now key the current English text; ATTRIBUTION
hashes updated. A test checks the translations match.
The web (wasm) build, which the issue reports, still has no models; this
is the desktop half only.
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* #305: harden Windows MSI deployment and progress UI
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
* Keep the MSI manufacturer as Learning Machines LLC
The company name matches the Linux packages; changing it is the owner's call.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* #305: keep compiled-MSI checks compatible with PowerShell COM
Validated the compiled x64 MSI and negative scope, publisher and progress mutations.
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* ROADMAP: the publisher name is unchanged
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* #143: Windows MSI desktop shortcut checkbox and install-complete dialog
Add native installer dialogs (installer-ui.wxs): a welcome screen with a
"Create a desktop shortcut" checkbox (ticked by default), repair/remove,
progress, and "Setup completed successfully" / failed / cancelled screens
with Finish. Unattended /qn and /qb installs never wait on a dialog and can
skip the desktop shortcut with INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0.
Start Menu and desktop shortcuts are now plain links to pdfcraft.exe in
their own components (HKLM key paths, removed on uninstall) instead of
advertised MSI shortcuts.
test-msi.ps1 checks the compiled MSI's shortcut, checkbox and dialog tables
during packaging; the ARM64 install smoke test checks both shortcut
targets, their removal on uninstall, and the INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0
opt-out.
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* #143: run test-msi out of process before signing; add files-in-use dialog
test-msi.ps1 held the MSI open through a Windows Installer COM handle in
package.ps1's own process, so signtool could fail on signed release builds.
Run it in a child process and release the COM objects.
The hand-authored UI had no MsiRMFilesInUse dialog, so an upgrade or repair
while PdfCraft is running could not offer to close it. Add one (OK closes the
programs with MSIRMSHUTDOWN=2, Cancel stops setup) and check for it in
test-msi.ps1.
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