Specifying Dialog Skins

InstallShield 2025

Project: This information applies to the following project types:

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InstallScript

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InstallScript MSI

You can use a dialog skin to change the look of the end-user dialogs in your installation. You can specify one skin per installation project. All of the dialogs in your project are displayed using the selected skin.

Note:A dialog skin cannot be applied to or removed from a standard dialog once you have edited that dialog in the Dialog Editor. Therefore, if you want to specify skins for dialogs that you want to modify, specify the skin first, and then edit it.

If you want to specify a dialog skin for a custom dialog, you must set the skin before creating the custom dialog in the Dialog Editor in order for the skin to appear properly.

Selecting a Dialog Skin

To select a dialog skin:

In the View List under User Interface, click Dialogs.

In the Dialogs explorer, expand the Skins item to see the available dialog skin options.

Click a skin to see a preview dialog displayed in the right pane.

To select a displayed skin, click Select in the preview pane. A red check mark appears on the selected skin’s icon in the Dialogs explorer.

All of the dialog skins use .gif files for the fade graphic, with the exception of the Blue skin. The Blue skin uses a .bmp file, which results in a larger file size. The Blue skin’s appearance on a 16-bit color system is not as clean as the other colors when a .gif file is used. If you want to use a Blue skin that supports 16-bit color systems and file size is not an issue, select the Blue option. For a smaller file size, select the BlueTC (True Color) option, which uses a .gif file for the graphic.

Clearing Dialog Skin Selections

To clear the dialog skin selection:

In the View List under User Interface, click Dialogs.

In the Dialogs explorer, expand the Skins item to see the available dialog skin options, and select the <None> item.

Click Select in the preview panel.