{"id":1332,"date":"2017-12-04T07:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:36:15","slug":"installer-interface-gui-in-installanywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/installer-interface-gui-in-installanywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Installer Interface GUI in InstallAnywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>installanywhereExpert created the topic: Installer Interface GUI in InstallAnywhere<\/strong><br \/>\nMost aspects of an InstallAnywhere installer&#8217;s user interface can be modified. As a<br \/>\ndeveloper of an InstallAnywhere installer, you can alter text strings as well as<br \/>\ngraphics, such as the splash screen, installer screens, panel additions, background<br \/>\nimages, and billboards. Developers may even add their own animated GIF files to<br \/>\nprovide a multimedia experience.<\/p>\n<p>Localization<br \/>\nNearly every text string in an InstallAnywhere project can be localized. Translations of<br \/>\nthe text of built-in InstallAnywhere screens and dialog boxes are already provided.<br \/>\nThe Enterprise Edition supports 29 different locales, and the Standard Edition<br \/>\nsupports 9.<br \/>\nIf developers want to further modify text strings by locale, the string files are output<br \/>\neach time an installer is built, in a folder called &#8220;Project locales&#8221; which will be next to<br \/>\nthe build output folder. The files are named by locale code. For example, the default<br \/>\nEnglish (locale code, en) locale file has the name custom_en.<br \/>\nThese locale files contain the text string grouped by the name of the action to which it<br \/>\nbelongs. Developers may alter the text string and upon the next build of the installer<br \/>\nthe new localized text will be displayed with the action.<\/p>\n<p>Look and Feel<br \/>\nInstallAnywhere provides many options for altering the look and feel of the installer.<br \/>\nSplash Screen<br \/>\nInstallAnywhere installers present a splash screen at the initial launch of the installer.<br \/>\nThis screen is displayed for a few seconds while the installer prepares the wizard. The<br \/>\nsplash screen is an ideal introduction to your product, and is an opportunity to set the<br \/>\nmood and image for your product. The splash screen will also appear on the HTML<br \/>\npage generated for the InstallAnywhere Web Install Applet. It can be either a GIF, a<br \/>\nPNG, or a JPEG file of any size, although the preferred size is 470&#215;265 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>GUI Panel Additions<br \/>\nThe Additions to GUI Installer Panels option allows developers to display a list of<br \/>\nsteps or an image along the left side of the installer\u2019s panel.<br \/>\nBackground Images<br \/>\nThis Background image feature allows you to create a truly unique installer. The<br \/>\nBackground image is the graphical background for every panel in your installer.<br \/>\nBackground images are only supported in Swing GUI Installers.<br \/>\nBillboards<br \/>\nBillboards are graphics that the installer will display during the installation of files.<br \/>\nBillboards generally convey a marketing message, a description of the product, or<br \/>\nsimply something fun for the end-user to see as the file installation is occurring. Each<br \/>\nbillboard added will be displayed for an even amount of time, based on actions within<br \/>\nthe installation. If an installation has very few files, and many billboards, each<br \/>\nbillboard will only be displayed for a short time.<br \/>\nBillboards can be GIF, PNG, or JPEG files, and should be 587 x 312 pixels in size.<br \/>\nBillboards can even use animated GIF files, providing the end-user with a richer<br \/>\nmedia experience during their installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>installanywhereExpert created the topic: Installer Interface GUI in InstallAnywhere Most aspects of an InstallAnywhere installer&#8217;s user interface can be modified. 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