Adding Text Controls - Symantec WISESCRIPT EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

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Adding Text Controls

Use text controls to display information on a dialog box. Text controls are static controls,
which means that the end user cannot change them.
1. Open the dialog box in the Custom Dialog Editor.
See Editing Dialog Boxes
2. Select Add menu > Text Control.
The Text Control Settings dialog box appears.
3. Complete the dialog box:
Text
Enter the text, up to a maximum of 511 characters. To start a new line, press
Ctrl+Enter. Enter variable names surrounded by percent signs to display the
application's name or other information.
See Variables and Expressions
Control Name
Enter the name by which you will refer to this control in the dialog box script.
Leave this blank if you will not manipulate this control with a script.
Text Alignment
Select how to align the text in the field.
Fit pathname to field width
If the control displays a path, mark this to cause the path to be shortened, if
necessary, to allow it to fit in the allotted space. Omitted directories are
indicated in the path by "\...\".
No Wrap
Mark this to prevent text wrapping if the text is too long to display on a single
line.
No Prefix
Normally, the ampersand character (&) in static text indicates that the next
character should be underlined and used as a shortcut to that control. If you
mark this check box, the & is displayed literally and no underlining is
performed.
Set Font
Normally, all controls use the default font, which you set on the Dialog Box
Properties dialog box. Click this to override the default font for this control. If
the font you select is not available on this computer, the system font is used.
Default Font
Click this to use the font specified on the Dialog Box Properties dialog box.
Transparent background
Mark this to make the background for this control transparent.
Calculated Value
This section is used primarily in component installations to display the space
requirements for the selected components. Example: When a component
installation is run, the Select Component Dialog displays the disk space required
and the disk space remaining. That information is provided by the following
fields:
on page 121.
on page 34.
Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
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