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Chapter 12: Defining the End-<strong>User</strong> Interface<br />

Displaying Billboards<br />

Displaying Billboards<br />

You can add billboards to your projects to display information to end users during the installation<br />

process. The billboards can be used to communicate, advertise, educate, and entertain end users. For<br />

example, billboards can present overviews on new features of the product being installed or other<br />

products from your company. Each billboard is a file that you or your company’s graphics department<br />

creates for complete control over the look and feel of the file transfer.<br />

Billboard File Types<br />

<strong>InstallShield</strong> supports different types of files for billboards:<br />

• Adobe Flash application file (.swf)<br />

• Images (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, and .jpeg)<br />

If a target system does not have the Adobe Flash Player, which is used to display Flash application files,<br />

the installation can detect that and display image billboards in place of the Flash billboard. Therefore, if<br />

you include a Flash billboard in your project, it is recommended that you also include one or more image<br />

billboards in your project.<br />

Note: You can add more than one image billboard to a project, but only one Adobe Flash application file billboard.<br />

Types of Billboards<br />

<strong>InstallShield</strong> offers support for three different billboard styles. For example, with one style, the<br />

installation displays a full-screen background, with billboards in the foreground, and a small progress<br />

box in the lower-right corner of the screen. With another style, the installation displays a standard-size<br />

dialog that shows the billboards. The bottom of this dialog shows the progress bar.<br />

Following are descriptions and sample screen shots of each type of billboard.<br />

Fullscreen with Small Progress (Displayed in Lower Right)<br />

For the Fullscreen with Small progress (displayed in lower right) type of billboard, when the<br />

installation displays the standard end-user dialogs, it also displays a full-screen background. During file<br />

transfer, the installation shows full-screen backgrounds, with billboards in the foreground, and a small<br />

progress box in the lower-right corner of the screen.<br />

266 ISE-1800-UG01 <strong>InstallShield</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Express</strong> <strong>Edition</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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