InstallShield 2019
Project • This information applies to the following project types:
| • | InstallScript |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
The Support Files/Billboards view is where you can add support files and billboard files to your project, and add files to disk image folders.
The Support Files/Billboards view contains the following main areas:
Support Files
The Support Files area lets you add, sort, and delete support files—files that are required by your installation project only during the installation process. Add any language-dependent files and folders to the appropriate language-specific area. Add language-independent files and folders to the Language Independent area.
In your InstallScript code, support files are uncompressed into a temporary directory and then deleted when the installation is complete.
Billboards
The Billboards item enables you to specify files that you want to display to the end user during the installation process. The billboards can be used to communicate, advertise, educate, and entertain end users. To learn more, see Displaying Billboards in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Installations.
Splash Screen
Project • In InstallScript projects, you can use .bmp and .gif files as splash screen files. In InstallScript MSI projects, only .bmp files can be used as splash screen files.
The Splash Screen area lets you add to your project a startup graphic—the graphic that is displayed when the end user begins the installation. Add the file to the appropriate language-specific or language-independent folder.
Note • In a single-language installation, the splash screen that is specified for the single language (or the language-independent splash screen if no splash screen is specified for the single language) is displayed.
In a multilanguage installation, the splash screen for the language in which the installation is running is displayed. If no splash screen is specified for the language in which the installation is running, the language-independent splash screen is used.
Only one splash screen is displayed to the end user during the installation. If you have more than one splash screen file in the language-independent area or for a specific language, the first file in the list is displayed at run time.
Project • In an InstallScript project, the splash screen file must be named Setup.bmp or Setup.gif. This file name requirement does not apply to InstallScript MSI projects.
Advanced Files
The Advanced Files item enables you to indicate files and folders that you want to go on a disk of your installation media. These files and folders are not automatically installed to the target system when your installation program is run. Rather, you can link to the installation media from your application or from the installation. For example, you might include a large redistributable file with your application that you do not want included in the application installation.
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Item |
Description |
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Disk1 |
Add files and folders that you want to go on the first disk of your installation media. |
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Last Disk |
Add files and folders that you want to go on the last disk of your installation media. Project • This applies to InstallScript projects. |
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Other |
Add files and folders that you want to go on a specific disk of your installation media; you specify the disk at build time in the General Options panel of the Release Wizard. Project • This applies to InstallScript projects. |
See Also
Adding Files and Folders to the Disk1 Folder
Adding Files and Folders to the Last Disk Folder
Adding Files and Folders to the Other Disk Folder
InstallShield 2019 Help LibraryApril 2019 |
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