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Dialog Controls
The table below summarizes available dialog controls, the tabs they are available on, and example areas for their use.
| Page | Control | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Label | Display static text, clickable links |
| Standard | Edit Box | Obtain information from user |
| Standard | Memo | Display readme, license agreements |
| Standard | Button | Navigate between dialogs, exit setup |
| Standard | Rz Check Box | Accept license agreement, display other choices |
| Standard | Rz Radio Button | Accept license agreement, display mutually exclusive choices |
| Standard | List Box | Display list of items |
| Standard | Combo Box | Display drop-down list of items |
| Standard | Group Box | Define a group, use for isolating radio buttons |
| Standard | Panel | Add a panel or bevel |
| Additional | Bitmap Button | A button with a bitmap |
| Additional | Speed Button | A button with a bitmap and no text |
| Additional | Masked Edit | Edit box with masked characters, useful for passwords |
| Additional | Picture | Any bitmap or icon, clickable |
| Additional | Shape | A geometric shape in any color |
| Additional | Bevel | Bevel useful for defining dialog regions |
| Additional | Static Text | Display textual progress, static text |
| Additional | Gauge | Display installation progress using custom progress control |
| Additional | Rz Form Shape | Create non-rectangular setup dialogs |
| Win32 | Rich Text | Display RTF files, license agreements, readme information |
| Win32 | Track Bar | Allow user to select a numeric range |
| Win32 | Progress Bar | Display installation progress |
| Win32 | Up Down Button | Single step increment and decrement |
| Win32 | Animation | Display built in Windows animation, or custom AVI file |
| Win32 | Check-List Box | Useful for displaying a selectable, flat list of setup features |
| Win32 | Tree View | Useful for displaying multiple hierarchies of nested setup features |
| Win32 | Scroll Box | Creates an automatically scrolling subregion of your setup dialogs |
| Browser | HTML View | Display interactive html or billboards during installation progress |
| Browser | Flash Frame | Display interactive flash billboards during installation progress |
| Browser | File List Box | For file selection |
| Browser | Directory List Box | For folder selection |
| Browser | Drive Combo Box | For drive selection |
| Browser | Filter Combo Box | To constrain file types shown on the file list box |
| Browser | Shell Tree View | For Explorer style folder selection |
| Browser | Shell List View | For Explorer style file selection |
| Browser | Shell Combo Box | For Explorer style folder selection |
| Glass | Vista Glass | Define a glass region on the setup dialog (not visible at design-time) |
| Glass | Glow Label | Display textual progress, static text; together with an Aero glow effect (on supported platforms) |
| Glass | Aero Button | Navigate between dialogs, exit setup; works on Glass regions |
| Glass | Aero Back Button | Navigate between dialogs, exit setup; works on Glass regions and displays a circular back icon |
| Glass | Aero PNG Button | Navigate between dialogs, exit setup; works on Glass regions and displays a custom PNG file |
| Glass | Aero PNG Image | Any PNG image, non-clickable; works on Glass regions |