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Use the Installer Steps area in the Look & Feel view to customize the content for the left side of the installer UI. This area of the installer UI can optionally show a list of installer steps that serve as a progress indicator, or a combination of images and labels. The settings in this area are disabled if GUI check box in the Allowable UI Modes setting is cleared.
The following settings are available in the Installer Steps area.
Settings |
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Add images or a list of installer steps to the left-side of installer panels |
Specify whether you want the left side of the installer panels to show the progress of the installation. If you select Yes in this setting, InstallAnywhere enables the remaining settings in the Installer Steps area, as well as all of the settings in the Install Progress area. If you select No, InstallAnywhere disables all of these settings. |
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Type of Additions to Installer Panels |
Select the type of UI control that you want to be displayed on the left side of the installer panels to show the progress of the installation. Available options are:
If you select this option, InstallAnywhere enables the Install Progress Panel Image setting.
If you select this option, InstallAnywhere enables the Default Installer/Uninstaller Panel Image setting, the File setting under the Default Installer/Uninstaller Panel Image setting, the List of Labels for Installer Steps setting, and the Install Progress Label setting. |
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Installer Steps Panel |
This setting contains several subsettings that let configure the appearance of the panel area that shows the installer steps. |
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Create Beveled Border Around Image or List of Installer Steps |
Specify whether you want to add a beveled border around the images or installer steps that are displayed on the left side of the installer panels. |
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Allow Image or List of Installer Steps to Resize According to the Width of the Installer Frame |
Specify whether you want the size of the pane that contains the list of installer steps or image to dynamically resize to fit the size of the installer panel. |
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Use Background Color Behind Image or List of Installer Steps |
Specify whether you want to use the background color behind the image or list of installer steps. If you select Yes, InstallAnywhere enables the following options in this setting:
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Default Installer/Uninstaller Panel Image |
This setting changes, depending on which option you select in the Type of Additions to Installer Panels setting. Possible check boxes in this setting are:
Use the File setting under this setting to specify the default image for installer steps.
To specify an image that you want to use behind the list of installer steps, select this check box, and then use the File setting under this setting to identify the appropriate image file. |
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File |
Select the appropriate file, depending on what is selected in other settings of this view:
This setting is disabled if the Use this image as the background behind the list of installer steps check box in the Default Installer/Uninstaller Panel Image setting is cleared. To see how the panel looks with the currently specified file, click the Preview button in this setting. |
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List of Labels for Installer Steps |
To configure the text and the icons for the installer steps that the installer UI shows for the installer progress, click the Installer Step Labels Settings button in this setting. The Installer Steps dialog box opens, enabling you to configure settings as needed. To learn more, see Installer Steps Dialog Box. |
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InstallAnywhere 2013 Help LibraryOctober 2013 |
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