SizeWindow Example

InstallShield 2016 » InstallScript Language Reference

Note • To call this function in a Basic MSI setup, you must first create a custom action for the entry-point function, execute the custom action in a sequence or as the result of a dialog's control event, and then build the release.

/*--------------------------------------------------------------*\

*

* InstallShield Example Script

*

* Demonstrates the SizeWindow function.

*

* GetExtents is called to retrieve the extents of the screen.

* SizeWindow is then called to resize the background to half

* the original size.

*

\*--------------------------------------------------------------*/

// Include Ifx.h for built-in InstallScript function prototypes.

#include "Ifx.h"

export prototype ExFn_SizeWindow(HWND);

function ExFn_SizeWindow(hMSI)

    NUMBER  nDx, nDy, nObject;

begin

    // Enable the background.

    Enable (BACKGROUND);

    MessageBox ("Background at original size.", INFORMATION);

    // Get the extents of the screen.

    GetExtents (nDx, nDy);

    // Set the object to be resized.

    nObject = BACKGROUND;

    // Resize the background window to half of its original size.

    if (SizeWindow (nObject, (nDx / 2), (nDy / 2)) < 0) then

        MessageBox ("SizeWindow failed.", SEVERE);

    endif;

    MessageBox ("Background after call to SizeWindow.", INFORMATION);

end;

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