Dialog Box Script Actions; Dialog Box Script Examples - Symantec WISESCRIPT EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

Dialog Box Script Actions

Dialog Box Script Examples

WiseScript Editor Reference
To create a custom dialog box script
Note
Before you write a custom dialog box script, review the introductory material in
Script Editor on page 22. Also see
Expressions on page 34.
1. Open the dialog box in the Custom Dialog Editor.
See Editing Dialog Boxes
2. Select View menu > Dialog Script Editor.
The Dialog Script Editor opens.
3. Create the script as you would in Script Editor.
The sample scripts Event Handler.wse and License Agreement.wse use scripting to
handle mouse events. For details on sample scripts, see ScriptHelp.htm in the Samples
subdirectory of this product's installation directory.
The script actions available in the Dialog Script Editor are a subset of the actions in
Script Editor, with the addition of these script actions that manipulate controls on the
dialog box programmatically: Set Control Attributes, Set Control Text, and Set Current
Control.
Call DLL Function on page 47
Check Configuration on page 52
Check If File/Dir Exists on page 56
Display Message on page 70
Edit INI File on page 72
Edit Registry on page 72
Else Statement on page 76
ElseIf Statement on page 76
End Statement on page 77
Get Registry Key Value on page 86
Get System Information
If Statement on page 91
Parse String on page 101
Prompt for Filename on page 103
Read INI Value on page 105
Remark on page 107
Set Control Attributes on page 111
Set Control Text on page 112
Set Current Control on page 113
Set Variable on page 114
While Statement on page 117
To see an example of a dialog box script
1. Open the sample script Event Handler.wse in the Samples subdirectory of this
product's installation directory.
2. In Script Editor, double-click the Custom Dialog "Event Handler" script line.
Conditions and Loops
on page 121.
on page 88
Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
About
on page 33 and Variables and
145