InstallAware ships with a powerful
dialog editor. Using the dialog editor, you can customize
pre-built setup themes, and also design your own themes from
scratch. The full range of controls available on dialogs has
to be seen to be believed.
Click each tab on the palette above to see
the full range of controls available.. Controls unique to
InstallAware are highlighted in red.
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bitmap
button
A button with a bitmap |
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speed
button
A button with a bitmap and no text |
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custom bitmap button
A bitmap button with custom bitmaps for each state |
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masked
edit
Edit box with masked characters, useful for passwords
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picture
Any bitmap or icon, clickable |
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shape
A geometric shape in any color |
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bevel
Bevel useful for defining dialog regions |
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static
text
Display textual progress, clickable links |
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gauge
Display installation progress in a custom control |
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form shape
Create non-rectangular dialogs |
Of course, getting and setting the state
of dialog controls and script variables is completely automatic.
Absolutely no manual coding is required. Best of all, you
can even define intra-dialog interaction between controls;
for instance, disable the Next button while the License Agreement
checkbox is unchecked. |
