Selecting the Format for the Wizard Interface
InstallShield 2016
Project • This information applies to the following project types:
Edition • The Advanced UI project type is available in the Professional edition of InstallShield. The Suite/Advanced UI project type is available in the Premier edition of InstallShield. For information about the differences between these two project types, see Advanced UI Projects vs. Suite/Advanced UI Projects.
InstallShield lets you select from several different wizard formats for your installation’s wizard interface:
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Glass—The installation uses user-chosen system colors to display the caption bar, header, and navigation areas of the wizard interface. It also uses the glass effect (translucency) that was introduced in Windows Vista for these same areas of the wizard interface. Note that with this format, the installation ignores any brushes that you have defined for the caption bar, header, and navigation areas of your wizard interface. |
Note that some operating systems do not fully support this format. Thus, in some cases, the installation may use the Wizard 97 format instead of the Glass format.
This is the default option.
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Aero—This format typically has the same look and feel as the Glass format. |
Note that some operating systems do not fully support this format. Thus, in some cases, the installation may use the Wizard 97 format instead of the Aero format.
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Wizard 97—This format is the traditional wizard format. The installation uses the brushes that you have defined for the various areas of your wizard interface. |
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Wizard Lite—This format is similar to the Wizard 97 format, except that it does not include a header (the area that shows the title, plus sometimes an image near the upper corner of the wizard page). The installation uses the brushes that you have defined for the other areas of your wizard interface. |
Note that in some scenarios, an installation uses the Wizard 97 format instead of the Glass or Aero formats:
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Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 systems do not have translucency support. On these systems, a Glass-formatted wizard interface uses the Wizard 97 format. However, an Aero-formatted wizard interface uses Aero, but without the glass effect. |
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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 have translucency support that end users can enable or disable. On these systems, Glass-formatted wizard interfaces and Aero-formatted wizard interfaces use the Wizard 97 format if translucency is disabled. These wizard interfaces also use the Wizard 97 format if the desktop composition feature on the target system is disabled. |
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On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Glass-formatted wizard interfaces and Aero-formatted wizard interfaces use the Wizard 97 format. |
Note that the wizard interface editor in the Wizard Interface view in InstallShield does not use the Glass format or the Aero format to show editable previews of the interface. If you select either of these formats for your Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI project, the wizard interface editor uses the Wizard 97 format to show editable previews.
To select the format that you want to use for wizard pages in your wizard interface:
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In the View List under User Interface, click Wizard Interface. |
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In the Wizard Interface explorer, click Wizard Pages. |
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In the right pane, find the Wizard Format setting and select the appropriate option. |
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