Other Window Styles for Bitmap, Icon, and Text Area Controls

InstallShield 2016

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InstallScript

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InstallScript MSI

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InstallScript Object

The following window style options are available for bitmap, icon, and text area controls. For additional information, see the MSDN Library.

Window Style Options for Bitmap, Icon, and Text Area Controls
Value	Description
WS_GROUP	Specifies the first control in a group of controls. All controls defined with this style after the first control belong to the same group.
SS_CENTERIMAGE	Specifies that, if the bitmap or icon is smaller than the client area of the static control, the rest of the client area is filled with the color of the pixel in the top left corner of the bitmap or icon. If the static control contains a single line of text, the text is centered vertically in the client area of the control.
SS_NOTIFY	Sends the parent window STN_CLICKED, STN_DBLCLK, STN_DISABLE, and STN_ENABLE notification messages when the user clicks or double-clicks the control.
SS_RIGHTJUST	Specifies that the lower right corner of a static control with the SS_BITMAP or SS_ICON style is to remain fixed when the control is resized. Only the top and left sides are adjusted to accommodate a new bitmap or icon.
WS_VSCROLL	Creates a window with a vertical scroll bar.
SS_REALSIZECONTROL	Adjusts the bitmap to fit the size of the static control. Certain display settings on a target machine can affect the size of the control area used to render an image, such as the system font or DPI scaling. This style bit automatically resizes bitmaps to fit their controls. This style is recommended instead of SS_REALSIZEIMAGE to support high DPI machines. Otherwise, the image may be clipped or not fill the entire control at runtime on some machines.
SS_REALSIZEIMAGE	Prevents a static icon or bitmap control (that is, static controls that have the SS_ICON or SS_BITMAP style) from being resized as it is loaded or drawn. If the icon or bitmap is larger than the destination area, the image is clipped.
SS_ENDELLIPSIS	If the end of a string does not fit in the rectangle, it is truncated and ellipses are added. If a word that is not at the end of the string goes beyond the limits of the rectangle, it is truncated without ellipses. Compare with SS_PATHELLIPSIS and SS_WORDELLIPSIS. Note • SS_ENDELLIPSIS, SS_PATHELLIPSIS, and SS_WORDELLIPSIS are mutually exclusive.
SS_PATHELLIPSIS	Replaces characters in the middle of the string with ellipses so that the result fits in the specified rectangle. If the string contains backslash (\) characters, SS_PATHELLIPSIS preserves as much as possible of the text after the last backslash. Compare with SS_ENDELLIPSIS and SS_WORDELLIPSIS. Note • SS_ENDELLIPSIS, SS_PATHELLIPSIS, and SS_WORDELLIPSIS are mutually exclusive.
SS_WORDELLIPSIS	Truncates any word that does not fit in the rectangle and adds ellipses. Compare with SS_ENDELLIPSIS and SS_PATHELLIPSIS. Note • SS_ENDELLIPSIS, SS_PATHELLIPSIS, and SS_WORDELLIPSIS are mutually exclusive.

Other Window Styles for Bitmap, Icon, and Text Area Controls

InstallShield 2016 Help Library

August 2016