Controls Toolbar

InstallShield 2019

The Controls toolbar provides every standard control that is available in a run-time dialog. This toolbar is displayed when you edit a dialog’s layout in the Dialog Editor.

To draw a control on a dialog:

Click the control’s button, click anywhere on the face of the dialog, drag the mouse pointer while continuing to press the mouse button, and then release the button when you have reached the intended dimensions of the control.

Controls Toolbar Buttons

Button

Name

Description

Select Tool

Lets you give focus to a control on a dialog. You can then move, resize, delete, or align the control.

Check Box

Lets you draw a check box control on a dialog.

Push Button

Lets you draw a push button control on a dialog.

 

Edit Field

Lets you draw an edit field control on a dialog.

Combo Box

Lets you draw a combo box control on a dialog.

Text Area

Lets you draw a text area control on a dialog.

List Box

Lets you draw a list box control on a dialog.

Radio Button

Lets you draw a radio button control on a dialog. A radio button must be added to a radio button group control.

 

Bitmap

Lets you draw a bitmap control on a dialog.

Group Box

Lets you draw a group box control on a dialog.

Billboard

Lets you draw a billboard control on a dialog.

Line

Lets you draw a line control on a dialog.

Radio Button Group

Lets you draw a radio button group control on a dialog.

 

Selection Tree

Lets you draw a selection tree control on a dialog.

 

Progress Bar

Lets you draw a progress bar control on a dialog.

 

List View

Lets you draw a list view control on a dialog.

Scrollable Text

Lets you draw a scrollable text control on a dialog.

Icon

Lets you draw an icon control on a dialog.

Directory List

Lets you draw a directory list control on a dialog.

Directory Combo

Lets you draw a directory combo control on a dialog.

Volume Cost List

Lets you draw a volume cost list control on a dialog.

 

Volume Select Combo

Lets you draw a volume select combo control on a dialog.

 

Masked Edit

Lets you draw a masked edit control on a dialog.

Path Edit

Lets you draw a path edit control on a dialog.

Hyperlink

Lets you draw a hyperlink control. This control displays an HTML link to an address; when the end user clicks the link, the page opens in the default browser.

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