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Editing Dialog Controls
Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Listbox.
Listview
Masked Edit Field
Path Edit
Progress Bar
Radio Button
Scrollable Text
Selection Tree
Text
Volume Cost Listbox
Volume Combobox
To edit dialog box controls
1.
In Setup Editor > Dialogs tab, select a dialog box in the left pane.
The dialog box appears in the right pane.
2.
Double-click a control.
A multi-tabbed Properties dialog box appears. The tabs that appear vary depending
on the type of control. See:
Basic Control Settings
Setting an Event on a Control
Assigning Help to a Control
A separator line drawn between groups of controls
Displays a single column of values without icons
The end user can select one value from the list.
Displays a single column of values with an icon next to each
The end user can select one value from the list.
A text edit field with a mask that creates a template for end
user data entry, specifying default values for some positions
and specifying the proper type of character (numeric or
alpha) for others
You can enter certain characters in the Control Text field of
the Masked Edit control to constrain which characters can be
used at each character position of the control.
See MaskedEdit Control in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
A single line input field that accepts only a valid path
This is intended to be used in conjunction with the directory
list box or directory combobox controls.
A control that displays the progress of an installation or
other operation
A group of mutually exclusive options with a separate radio
button for each option
A multi-line text entry field
Displays the feature selection tree
Static text field for displaying messages
The end user cannot change text in this type of field. You
can enter a property name surrounded by brackets in this
type of control to display a property's current value.
A static text control that shows information about the disk
space requirements of different volumes (referred to as
"cost" in Windows Installer terminology) for the currently
selected features
Lets the end user select a volume for installation
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Working With Dialogs
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