InstallShield 2012 Express Edition User Guide - Knowledge Base ...

Chapter 12: Defining the End-User Interface
Working with Dialogs
Dialog themes are predefined sets of images that give your end-user dialogs a unified and distinctive
look.
By changing the theme option selected in the Global Dialog Theme setting in the Dialogs view, you can
select one of the available themes for your project, and InstallShield applies that theme to all of the
interior and exterior dialogs, as well as the Setup.exe initialization dialog, in your project.
Note: InstallShield does not currently let you create your own dialog themes. However, InstallShield includes two different
themes. For more information, see Available Themes.
Selecting or Changing a Dialog Theme
Project: Dialog themes are available in Express projects.
You can use a dialog theme to change the look of the end-user dialogs in your installation. You can select
one theme per project.
Task To change the dialog theme used for a project:
1. In the View List under Customize the Setup Appearance, click Dialogs.
2. Click the Dialogs explorer. The global dialog settings are displayed in the right pane.
3. In the Global Dialog Theme setting, select the theme that you want to use.
InstallShield applies the selected theme to the dialogs in your project.
Available Themes
Project: The Premier and Professional editions of InstallShield include additional dialog themes that are not available in the
Express edition.
InstallShield includes two different themes.
• Classic Theme
• InstallShield Blue Theme
To view samples of both themes, see the End-User Dialogs section of the documentation.
Bitmap Images in Dialogs
Each end-user dialog contains one of several images, as described below.
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