InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 24: View Reference
Customize the Setup Appearance View
Settings for Adobe Flash Application File Billboards and Image Billboards
A Flash or image billboard’s settings determine which file is shown, how long it is displayed, and its
position on the screen. To access these settings, open the Billboards view, and in the Billboards explorer,
select the billboard that you want to configure.
Table 24-51: Settings for Adobe Flash Application File Billboards and Image Billboards
Setting Description
File Name Do one of the following:
• For an Adobe Flash application file billboard—Enter the path to the Flash
application file (.swf) that you would like to use for the selected billboard, or click
the ellipsis button (...) to browse to the file.
Flash application files can consist of videos, movies, sounds, interactive interfaces,
games, text, and more—anything that is supported by the .swf type of file. It is
recommended that files such as Flash video files (.flv) and MP3 audio files be
embedded in the .swf file so that they are available locally on the target system
during file transfer. Although .swf files can reference external files that you can post
on a Web site, this external implementation would require that end users have an
Internet connection.
• For an image billboard—Enter the path to the image file (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, or
.jpeg) that you would like to use for the selected billboard, or click the ellipsis button
(...) to browse to the file.
Note that animated .gif files are not supported. If you want to use animation in a
billboard, consider using an Adobe Flash application file billboard.
Note: If the version of Flash or other tool that you use to create your .swf file is newer
than the version of the Flash Player that is installed on a target system, it is possible that
some of the Flash features may not work as expected on that target system.
Duration Enter the amount of time, in seconds, that this billboard should be displayed. The
number that you enter must be from 1 to 32767 (which is a little more than 9 hours).
The effect that the duration has on the run-time behavior depends on whether the
installation is displaying a Flash billboard or image billboards. To learn more, see Run-
Time Behavior of an Installation that Includes Billboards.
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