InstallShield 2016
Project • This information applies to the following project types:
| • | InstallScript |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
Note • The Adobe Flash application file support that is described here is applicable if the billboard style that you are using is the windowed style with progress, not the billboard style with a full-screen background window. If you want to use Flash file support with a full-screen background window, use the PlayMMedia function. For more information, see PlayMMedia. To learn how to display the background window for this implementation, see Displaying a Background Window in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Installations.
InstallShield lets you display a Flash application file billboard during the file transfer process. Flash application files can consist of videos, movies, sounds, interactive interfaces, games, text, and more—anything that is supported by the .swf type of file. It is recommended that files such as Flash video files (.flv) and MP3 audio files be embedded in the .swf file so that they are available locally on the target system during file transfer. Although .swf files can reference external files that you can post on a Web site, this external implementation would require that end users have an Internet connection.
To add an Adobe Flash Application File billboard to your installation project:
| 1. | In the View List under Behavior and Logic, click Support Files/Billboards. |
| 2. | In the Support Files explorer, click the Billboards item that should contain the billboard: either Language Independent or a language-specific item. The Files pane is displayed on the right. |
| 3. | Right-click anywhere in the Files pane and click Insert Files, or place your cursor in the Files pane and press the Insert key. The Open dialog opens. |
| 4. | Select your Adobe Flash application file billboard file named bbrd1.swf, and click OK. |
InstallShield adds the file to your project.
Note • If the version of Flash or other tool that you use to create your .swf file is newer than the version of the Flash Player that is installed on a target system, it is possible that some of the Flash features may not work as expected on that target system.
If a target system does not have the Adobe Flash Player, which is used to display Flash application files, the installation can detect that and display image billboards in place of the Flash billboard. Therefore, if you include a Flash billboard in your project, it is recommended that you also include one or more image billboards in your project.
See Also
Adding or Modifying the Code in an InstallScript or InstallScript MSI Project to Display Billboards
InstallShield 2016 Help LibraryAugust 2016 |
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