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Windows Installer Editor Reference
Assigning Conditions to a Control
Setting the Graphic for a Control
Setting the Items in a Control
To see the results of these settings, compile and run the installation.
Basic Control Settings
The Control tab, which appears on the Properties dialog box for dialog controls,
determines the appearance and basic behavior of controls.
See
Editing Dialog
Controls.
The settings available on this tab vary depending on the type of control.
Property
The name of the property associated with this control. The property determines the
initial state of the control, and holds the result from the control after end user input.
This property can determine the initial state of the control. Example: If a check box
is associated with a property whose value is not defined (null), the check box is
initially cleared when it appears to the end user. After the end user has interacted
with a control by marking it, entering text into it, or selecting an option, the result of
the user input is stored in this property.
You can create a new property.
See
Creating a New Property
Control Text
The text in the control. For bitmap and icon controls, this stores the key in the
binary table in which the bitmap or icon is stored. Click Import to import text from
an existing text file (.TXT or .RTF).
Note
If you encounter error messages or formatting problems when you import the file,
open it in Wordpad, save it as .RTF, and re-import it. Some computers cannot import
files with formats other than .RTF.
Max Characters
(This replaces the Control Text field for an edit field control.) Enter the maximum
number of characters the end user can enter.
Default
Mark this to activate this control when the user presses Enter while on this dialog
box. Example: If you mark this check box for an OK button on a dialog box, then
when the user presses Enter, the event associated with the OK button is activated.
Cancel
Mark this to activate this control when the user presses Esc while on this dialog box.
Example: If you mark this check box for a Cancel button on a dialog box, then when
the user presses Esc, the event associated with the Cancel button is activated.
Font Property
(Not available for a scrollable text control.) Select the property that defines a font.
In most cases, select _WiseDialogFontDefault to match the default text of other
text on dialog boxes. To define a new font style, add a new row to the TextStyle
table in Setup Editor > Tables tab. Then create a new property, and enter the new
text style's name, surrounded by curly brackets, as the property value.
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