InstallAnywhere 2020 » Advanced Designer » Installer UI » Look & Feel Settings
Use the General UI Settings area in the Look & Feel Settings view to customize the appearance of your installer.
The settings in the General UI Settings area are organized into the following main categories:
| • | Allowable UI Modes |
| • | Startup Splash Screen |
| • | Choose Language Console Panel |
Select one or more UI modes that you want your installers to support. Available options are:
| • | GUI—The project supports graphical (GUI) installers. |
| • | Console—The project supports console installers. |
| • | Silent—The project supports the ability to run the installers in silent mode. |
Note • InstallAnywhere supports Arabic and Hebrew locales in GUI mode only. Console mode installers cannot run on these locales.
Graphical installers can show a customized title and image on the installer splash screen. (By default, the splash screen for internationalized installers renders an empty title bar and the default splash screen image along with a Locale selector. Installers that support only one locale do not show the title bar or the Locale selector.)
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Control |
Description |
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Image |
This setting indicates the path and file name of the splash screen image file (.gif, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png) that you want to use for your installer. The splash screen image can be any size; the preferred size is 470 pixels for the width and 265 pixels for the height. To browse to a different image, click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting. To revert back to the default image file, click the Default button in this setting. To see how the splash screen looks with the currently specified background image, click the Preview button in this setting. This setting is disabled if the GUI check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
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Title |
Specify the text that you want to be displayed in the title bar of the installer’s splash screen. This setting is blank by default, and no text is displayed in the title bar. The value that you enter can be text, an InstallAnywhere variable, or a user-defined variable; however, only $INSTALLER_TITLE$ and $PRODUCT_NAME$ are automatically resolved in the splash screen. All other variables must have their value assigned when the installer is invoked in order to be correctly resolved in the splash screen. Variable values can be passed to the installer using the -D command-line option or an installer.properties file. This setting is disabled if the GUI check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
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Instructions |
Specify the text that you want to be displayed on the splash screen next to the drop-down list that contains the available locales for the installer. This setting is blank by default, and no text is displayed next to the drop-down list. The instruction text is displayed on the splash screen if the installer supports more than one locale. This setting is disabled if the GUI check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
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Confirmation |
Specify the text that you want to be displayed for the confirmation button on the splash screen. The default value is OK. The confirmation button is displayed on the splash screen if the installer supports more than one locale. This setting is disabled if the GUI check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
Note • For details on localization elements that are related to the startup splash screen (splashScreenGUIImageName, splashScreenGUIImagePath, splashScreenGUIInstructions, splashScreenGUITitle, splashScreenGUIConfirm, splashScreenConsoleTitle, and splashScreenConsolePrompt), see Common Localizable Elements. The keys for these elements appear in the locale files as installer.<referenceID>.<element>—for example, Installer.68a9edb1a601.splashScreenGUITitle.
Console-mode installers that support multiple languages include a Choose Locale console panel to enable end users to set the language for the installer. The controls in this area enable you to customize the title and prompt on that console.
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Control |
Description |
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Title |
Specify the text that you want to be displayed for the title of the Choose Locale console panel. The default text is: Choose Locale... The Choose Locale console panel is displayed if the console installer supports more than one locale. This setting is disabled if the Console check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
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Prompt |
Specify the text that you want to be displayed for the prompt on the Choose Locale console panel. The default text is: CHOOSE LOCALE BY NUMBER The Choose Locale console panel is displayed if the console installer supports more than one locale. This setting is disabled if the Console check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared. |
See Also
InstallAnywhere 2020 Help LibraryOctober 2019 |
Copyright Information | Flexera |