Pre-Install Summary Panel Action

InstallAnywhere 2020

The Pre-Install Summary panel summarizes information collected and evaluated prior to the installation of files. It is included in the default InstallAnywhere project. The Pre-Install Summary panel also allows you to customize what information is presented.

The Pre-Install Summary customizer consists of the following tabs:

General Settings
Image Settings, Label Settings, and Help Settings

General Settings

The General Settings tab of the Pre-Install Summary customizer includes the following controls:

Pre-Install Summary Customizer / General Settings Tab

Control

Description

Title

Enter a title for the panel.

Prompt

This text is displayed on the Pre-Install Summary panel to explain its purpose. Enter a new prompt or keep the existing value:

Please Review the Following Before Continuing:

Include the following information in the Pre-Installation Summary panel

Select the information that you want to display on this Pre-Install Summary panel. Options include the following:

Product name
Install folder
Alias, Link, Shortcut folder
Selected install sets
Selected product features
VM install folder/System VM
Disk space information

If you select the Disk space information option, also select the increment type to use from the list: Bytes, KiloBytes, MegaBytes, or GigaBytes. The Disk space information will be based up on these selections.

Note • For information on checking disk space, see Checking Disk Space During Installation.

Edit Custom Fields

Click Edit Custom Fields to open the Edit Custom Fields dialog box, where you can provide the Variable Name, Value, and Text Reading Order of variables you wan to display on this panel.

Custom Fields List

List of the custom variable fields that you have added to display on this panel. Information displayed includes:

Field Heading—Name of variable.
Field Value—Value of variable.
Text Reading Order—If you are producing installers for Arabic or Hebrew locales, you may also use this field to override the text orientation for each variable. Choose from Based on Locale, Left-to-Right, or Right-to-Left.

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.