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• Flash application files can consist of videos, movies, sounds, interactive interfaces, games, text, and more—
anything that is supported by the
• InstallShield lets you use
• InstallShield includes a Billboard Type setting that lets you specify which style of billboard you want to use in
your installation. For example, with one style, the installation displays a full-screen background, with billboards
in the foreground, and a small progress box in the lower-right corner of the screen. With another style, the
installation displays a standard-size dialog that shows the billboards. The bottom of this dialog shows the
progress bar.
• InstallShield lets you preview a billboard to see how it would be displayed at run time, without requiring you to
build and run a release. Previewing a billboard lets you see how your billboard will look with the background
color, position, and related settings that are currently configured for your billboard.
• The Billboards view in InstallShield is where you add billboard files, configure billboard-related settings, and
preview billboards.
Previously, only InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects included support for billboards.
Expanded Billboard Support in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Projects
InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects now let you use
files were supported. Use the Support Files/Billboards view to add billboards to your project.
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Support for HTML Controls on Dialogs During InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Installations
InstallShield includes support for HTML controls on dialogs in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects. HTML
controls enable you to use HTML markup for dialog controls.
You can include on dialogs links to Web pages, installed HTML files, and HTML support files. If an end user clicks
the hyperlink on the run-time dialog, you can have the HTML page open in an Internet browser, or you can trigger
other behavior that you have defined through your InstallScript code.
The HTML control lets you use any valid HTML markup, including styles to control their appearance.
Support for Specifying Action Progress Messages
To keep end users informed, installations commonly display text on the progress dialog to describe the
installation's current activity. This usually accompanies the progress bar as a means of installation status. As each
standard action and custom action is encountered, a message about the action is displayed on the progress
dialog. This may be especially useful for actions that take a long time to execute. The same action text is also
written to the installation's log file if one is created.
The Custom Actions and Sequences view has a new Action Text area that lets you specify action descriptions and
details.
Setup.exe Manifests Now Have Compatibility Section to Avoid Triggering Program Compatibility
Assistant on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems
If you configure your InstallShield project to create a setup launcher for your installation, the manifest that
InstallShield creates for the setup launcher now includes a compatibility section. Previously, without this
compatibility section, a Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) dialog box may have appeared at the end of an
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