Assigning Help To A Control; Assigning Conditions To A Control; Setting The Graphic For A Control - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

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Event
Select the event to be subscribed to. See the following in the Windows Installer SDK
Help:
ControlEvent Overview for general information on control events
Control Events for details on each control event
Attributes
Select an attribute that should be set for the control when the subscribing control
receives the ControlEvent. For information on valid attributes, see Control Attributes
in the Windows Installer SDK Help.

Assigning Help to a Control

The Help tab, which appears on the Properties dialog box for dialog box controls, lets
you set tooltip help for the control.
See Editing Dialog Controls
Note
The Help tab is not available for radio button controls. Instead, enter tooltip help for
radio button controls in the Help Text field on the Radio Button Details dialog box,
which you access from the Items tab.
Tooltip
A short phrase that appears when the end user points to the control and pauses.
This is also used by screen reading programs.

Assigning Conditions to a Control

The Conditions tab, which appears on the Properties dialog box for dialog box controls,
lets you set conditions for a control. The conditions let you assign specific attributes to a
control. Conditions determine whether the control is the default control, and whether it
is disabled, enabled, hidden, or visible. You can add multiple conditions to a control.
To add a new condition, click Add.
To edit a selected condition, click Details.
To remove a selected condition from this control, click Delete.
When you click Add or Details, the Control Condition Details dialog box appears, where
you set the following options:
Action
The action to take when the condition is true.
Condition
If you enter a condition for the event, the event occurs only if the condition is true.
If there is no condition, the event always occurs.
See Conditions on page 380.

Setting the Graphic for a Control

The Graphic tab, which appears on the Properties dialog box for graphical dialog box
controls, lets you specify a graphic file for the control. It determines the image displayed
in the control. Not all controls can display graphics.
on page 403.
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