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.
