Editing a String Entry
InstallShield 2019
Project • This information applies to the following project types:
The String Editor view contains a spreadsheetlike table that lets you modify string entries in your project.
To edit a string entry in the String Editor view:
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In the View List under User Interface, click String Editor. |
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Find the string entry that you want to modify. |
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Do one of the following: |
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To overwrite all of the text in a table cell, click the table cell and then type your new identifier, value, or comments. |
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To place the cursor at a particular place within a table cell, double-click that place. Then type your change. |
Note that if you rename a string identifier, InstallShield renames the string identifier for all languages in your project.
When you edit a string entry, InstallShield updates the Modified column with the date and time that you made the change. You can sort the string entries in the String Editor view by modified date. This is helpful if you want to identify which strings have been modified since the strings were last translated.
Tip • If you are editing a localizable setting from within one of the other views in InstallShield, you can click the ellipsis button (...) in that setting. Doing so opens the Select String dialog box, which lets you specify which string entry you want to use for the selected setting.
Project • In Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and Merge Module projects, some of the string values contain Windows Installer properties inside square brackets—for example, Install [ProductName]. At run time, the property and brackets are replaced by the property value.
String values may also contain font information in curly brackets—for example, {&MSSansBold8}OK. The font information indicates style details that should be used to display the strings at run time.
See Also
String Editor View
Select String Dialog Box
Translating String Entries
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