User Interface Functions

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User interface functions allow you to customize certain error messages and titles of error boxes. However, several internal error messages that may be encountered during the development of the setup cannot be modified using user interface functions.

Visual Interface Functions

Function

Description

Disable

Disables the display of a user interface object.

Enable

Enables the display of a user interface object.

FindWindow

Retrieves the handle to a window.

PlaceBitmap

Inserts an image into the installation window.

PlaceWindow

Sets the position of user interface objects.

PlayMMedia

Plays an Adobe Flash application file (.swf), an AVI file, or a sound file (MIDI or WAVE).

RGB

Returns a custom color value based on the specified red, green and blue values.

SetColor

Changes the color of various user-interface elements.

SetDialogTitle

Creates custom dialog titles.

SetDisplayEffect

Sets the display effect for bitmap and metafile images.

SetErrorMsg

When a disk error occurs, this function sets the corresponding error message that is displayed by the EnterDiskError function.

SetErrorTitle

When a disk error occurs, this function sets the title bar for the error message that is displayed by the EnterDiskError function.

SetFont

Sets the font type and style.

SetStatusWindow

Sets the text for the status window and sets the initial percentage completed value that is displayed in the progress indicator.

SetTitle

Sets the text and color of the title in the main window.

SizeWindow

Specifies the size of most user interface objects.

StatusUpdate

Sets the percent complete to display in the progress indicator after the next file transfer operation.