User Interface View
InstallShield 2020
Project:The User Interface view is available in the following project types:
The appearance of your installation is one of the main aspects that differentiates your product from that of your competition. You can easily customize the way your installation looks through the views listed below.
Dialogs
Project:The Dialogs view is available in the following project types:
In the Dialogs view, you can select dialogs to display at run time. The way in which you control a dialog’s behavior depends on which engine controls the user interface: the Windows Installer engine displays the dialogs for Basic MSI projects, and the InstallScript engine displays the dialogs for InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects. For more information, see:
Wizard Interface
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.
Use the Wizard Interface view to customize the user interface of your Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation. This view lets you add wizard pages to and remove wizard pages from the default list of pages, as well as customize the layout and behavior of each page.
Billboards
Project:The Billboards view is available in Basic MSI projects.
For information about billboard support in InstallScript or InstallScript MSI projects, see Support Files/Billboards View (InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Projects).
Billboards are images or Adobe Flash application files that are displayed for a specified amount of time during the file transfer portion of your installation. The billboards can be used to communicate, advertise, educate, and entertain end users. For example, billboards can present overviews on new features of the product being installed or other products from your company. Each billboard is a file that you or your company’s graphics department creates for complete control over the look and feel of the file transfer.
String Editor
Project:The String Editor view is available in the following project types:
To help streamline the process of localizing a project, all of the text strings that may be displayed at run time during the installation process are available in one consolidated view: the String Editor view. You can use this view to edit the strings for everything from button text to feature descriptions. You can also use this view to export each language’s string entries to a file, translate the values that are listed in the file, and then import the translated file into your project.
See Also
Working with Dialogs in Any Project Type
Working with Dialogs in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Projects
Working with Dialogs in Basic MSI Projects
Working with the Wizard Interface
Displaying Billboards in Basic MSI Installations
Localizing the End-User Interface