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About Dialog Controls

Types of Dialog Controls

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If they do not appear, then you must select a dialog box in both the After and
Before columns. The new dialog box will appear after the dialog box you select
in After, and before the dialog box you select in Before.
6. Click Finish to add the new dialog box to the dialog box list.
Now you can add and edit controls on the dialog box.
See:
Adding Controls to Dialogs
Editing Dialog Details on page 408
Organizing and Aligning Controls on Dialogs
Installation dialog boxes contain standard controls, which you can add and edit. Most
controls are configured by completing their Properties dialog box.
See Editing Dialog Controls
dialog box controls often have an associated property. The result from the dialog box
control is put into the property. To have a dialog box control be deselected by default,
associate the control with a property whose value is not defined (null).
Example:
Suppose you create a check box, and you want the check box to be initially cleared. In
the Properties dialog box for the check box, click the New button next to the Property
field, create a new property named CHECKBOX1, and leave its value blank. Although this
results in error messages during compile (which you can safely ignore), it ensures that
the check box is initially cleared when initially cleared when it appears to the end user.
(Delete the property from the Properties icon on the Product tab to eliminate error
messages.) To test whether the end user marked the check box, you use a condition
that consists of the property's name, that is, CHECKBOX1. If the check box was not
marked, the value of the property remains null, and therefore CHECKBOX1 is false. If
the check box was marked, its value is now non-null, and therefore CHECKBOX1 is true.
Billboard
Bitmap
Button
Check box
Combobox
Directory Combobox
on page 408
on page 419
on page 413.
A static field that defines the area of the dialog box where a
sequence of text and images is displayed during installation
Billboards require special setup.
See About Billboards on page 422.
A static image field for displaying graphics
A clickable button
A single check box for on/off, true/false settings
A combination edit field and drop-down list control that lets
the end user select a predefined value or enter a value
Displays a combination directory list and path edit field to
let the end user specify a directory
Working With Dialogs
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