Custom Code Panel Action

InstallAnywhere 2021

You can use the Custom Code panel action to create custom panels when necessary, using InstallAnywhere’s custom code API. The Custom Code customizer includes controls on the following tabs:

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

General Settings

The General Settings tab of the Custom Code customizer includes the following controls:

General Settings Tab of Custom Code Customizer

Control

Description

Path

Identifies the archive that contains all classes needed to implement the Custom Code panel.

• Choose JAR or ZIP—Click to locate the archive, and then click Open.
• Clear—Click to delete the contents of the Path text box.

Class

Specify the fully qualified class name of the class that is called when the custom code is executed—for example, com.acme.MyAction.

Dependencies

Custom code tasks sometimes are dependent on other code. To bundle code archives with the installer, click Add jar or zip and select the archives of code on which your custom code depends. Click Remove to remove a listed archive.

Note:For information on the support of signed JARs as dependencies, see Support for Signed JARs as Dependencies.

Scroll Panel Option

Use the following options to enable scrolling on the Custom Code panel:

• Enable Vertical Scroll 
• Enable Horizontal Scroll 

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.