Installer Steps Dialog Box
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The Installer Steps dialog box is where you configure the text, the text color, and the icons for the installer steps that the installer UI shows for the installer progress. You can use this dialog box to add, edit, remove, and reorder the text and their corresponding icons, and to change the color of the text.
To access the Installer Steps dialog box:
| 1. | In the Advanced Designer, on the Installer UI page, click Look & Feel Settings. The Look & Feel Setting view opens. |
| 2. | Ensure that one of the allowable UI modes is GUI: |
| a. | Expand the General UI Setting area. |
| b. | In the Allowable UI Modes setting, ensure that the GUI check box is selected. |
| 3. | Ensure that the installer is configured to show a list of installer steps for the installer progress: |
| a. | Expand the UI Panel Settings area. |
| b. | In the Custom UI setting, click the Advance UI Customizer button. A themes dialog box appears. |
| c. | From the Installer Area drop-down list, select Installer Steps. |
| d. | In the Installer Steps Type setting, ensure that List of installer steps is selected. |
| 4. | Expand the Installer Steps setting, and then the Panel Image setting. |
| 5. | In the Configure Labels setting, click the Installer Step Labels setting button. |
The following settings are available on the Installer Steps dialog box.
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Setting |
Description |
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Configure Labels |
This box shows the list of items that the installer UI shows for the installer progress. The items are listed in the order that they appear in the list of installer steps, from top to bottom. |
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Add Label |
To add a progress step to the list of installer steps, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared. |
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Edit Label |
To edit the text for the selected installer step, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared. |
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Remove Label |
To remove the selected installer step, click this button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared. |
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Auto Populate |
To add a label for every panel action that is added to the Pre-Install and Post-Install sequences, click this button. |
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Move Label Up arrow |
To move up the label that is selected in the List of Labels for Installer Steps box, click the up arrow button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared. |
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Move Label Down arrow |
To move down the label that is selected in the List of Labels for Installer Steps box, click the down arrow button. This button is enabled when the Auto populate labels when saving check box is cleared. |
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Icons and Fonts |
To specify the small graphics that are displayed next to the text labels that show the progress of the installation, or to change the color of the font that is used for the text labels, click this button. |
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Top Offset |
To add space above the installer steps, specify the number of pixels in this field to include as an offset of space. This will offset the installer 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 installer steps. The offset would then push the installer steps down to accommodate space needed to include addition of a logo. |
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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. |
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Allow label text to wrap |
To avoid the possibility that any long installer step labels are truncated in the installer UI, select this check box. If you select this check box, any long label text continues on successive lines. |
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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 Installer Step Frame. |
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