Display HTML Panel Action

InstallAnywhere 2024 R2

The Display HTML panel allows developers to display HTML from an archived file or a specific URL on a panel during the installation. The Display HTML customizer consists of the following tabs:

• General Settings
• Image Settings, Label Settings, and Help Settings

General Settings

On the General Settings tab of the Display HTML customizer, you assign the HTML panel a title and select the source of the HTML.

Display HTML Customizer / General Settings Tab

Control

Description

Title

Enter a title for the HTML panel.

Select Source

Specify the source of the HTML file by selecting one of the following options:

• Path—Select this option and click Choose File to locate an archive (.zip or .jar) that includes the HTML you want this panel to display. Then, enter the name of an HTML file from that archive in the Initial Page text box.
• Existing URL—Enter the URL for the page you want the Display HTML panel to render. If you are entering an HTTP location, use the following syntax:

http://www.mywebsite.com/HTMLFile.html

If you want to display a HTML page located on the target system, precede the location with file:////. For example:

file:////C:\MyHTMLFiles\HTMLFile.html

Note:When entering a location on the target system, the standard syntax would be precede the file location with file://. However, in order for this to render properly, extra java escape characters (forward slashes) are required: file:////.

Read Form Elements as InstallAnywhere Variables

Select this option to expose any HTML form variables in your installer. This allows you to refer to the form variables in subsequent installer steps by using the following syntax: $<var_name>$.

For example, to include the value of a form variable named file, simply enclose the variable name in dollar signs: $file$.

Tip:A sample custom HTML panel is available in: <InstallAnywhere>/CustomCode/Samples/HTMLPanelSample/.

Image Settings, Label Settings, and Help Settings

For information on using the options on the Image Settings, Label Settings, and Help Settings tabs, see Panel Action Settings.