Uninstaller Steps Dialog Box

The Uninstaller Steps dialog box is where you configure the text for the uninstaller steps that the uninstaller UI shows for the uninstaller progress. You can use this dialog box to add, edit, remove, and reorder the text.

To access the Uninstaller Steps dialog box:

In the Advanced Designer, on the Installer UI page, click Look & Feel Settings. The Look & Feel Setting view opens.

Ensure that one of the allowable UI modes is GUI:

Expand the General UI Setting area.

In the Allowable UI Modes setting, ensure that the GUI check box is selected.

Ensure that the uninstaller is configured to show a list of uninstaller steps for the uninstaller progress:

Expand the UI Panel Settings area.

In the Custom UI Designer setting, click the Custom UI Designer button. A themes dialog box appears.

From the Installer Area drop-down list, select the Installer Steps.

Expand the Installer Steps setting.

Ensure that the Show Installer Steps setting is set to Yes.

In the Installer Steps Type setting, ensure that the List of installer steps is selected.

Ensure that the Enable Uninstall Label Settings setting is set to Yes.

Now expand the Panel Image setting.

In the Configure Uninstall Labels setting, click the Uninstaller Step Labels setting button.

The following settings are available on the Uninstaller Steps dialog box.

Settings on the Uninstaller Steps Dialog Box
Setting	Description
Configure Uninstall Labels	This box shows the list of items that the uninstaller UI shows for the uninstaller progress. The items are listed in the order that they appear in the list of uninstaller steps, from top to bottom.
Add Label	To add a progress step to the list of uninstaller steps, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared.
Edit Label	To edit the text for the selected uninstaller step, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared.
Remove Label	To remove the selected uninstaller step, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared.
Auto Populate	To add a label for every panel action that is added to the Pre-Uninstall and Post-Uninstall sequences, click this button.
Move Label Up arrow	To move up the label that is selected in the List of Labels for the Uninstaller Steps box, click the up arrow button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared.
Move Label Down arrow	To move down the label that is selected in the List of Labels for the Uninstaller Steps box, click the up arrow button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared.
Top Offset	To add space above the uninstaller steps, specify the number of pixels in this field to include as an offset of space. This will offset the uninstaller steps from the top of the panel by the amount of pixels you specify. Tip: An example use of this setting might be instances where you want include a personalized company logo directly above the uninstaller steps. The offset would then push the uninstaller steps down to accommodate space needed to include addition of a logo.
Auto populate labels when saving	To create a list of labels that matches the current set of panel actions each time that you save changes to your project, click this button.
Allow label text to wrap	To avoid the possibility that any long uninstaller step labels are truncated in the uninstaller UI, select this check box. If you select this check box, any long label text continues on successive lines.
Allow Vertical Scroll	To navigate through a list of labels by moving up and down using the scroll bar in the Panel. If you select this check box, the Vertical Scroll is available when the number of labels exceeds in the Uninstaller Step Frame.

Note:Icons and texts font colour for the uninstaller steps are same as those configured for the installer steps.