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Appearance
Chapter 24: View Reference
Configure the Target System View
Use a shortcut’s Appearance settings to specify details such as the description and the icon for the
shortcut.
Table 24-20: Appearance Settings
Setting Description
Display Resource If you are preparing an installation for a multilingual application and you are separating
language-neutral portable executable files from .mui files for the display name of your
shortcut, use the following settings:
• Display Resource—Click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting if you want to
browse to the DLL file that contains the multilingual user interface (MUI) manifest.
InstallShield lists the path and file name in this setting if you do either of the
following: you select a DLL file by browsing for it, or you manually enter a path and
file name in the Display Resource DLL setting. InstallShield also lists the resource
index that is specified in the Display Resource Index setting.
• Display Resource DLL—If you want to manually specify the path and file name of
the DLL file that contains the MUI manifest, enter it. You can include Windows
Installer directory properties—for example, [INSTALLDIR]MyResource.dll—
instead of hard-coded directory paths.
If you click the ellipsis button in the Display Resource setting to browse to the DLL
file, InstallShield uses the format [#filekey] in the Display Resource DLL setting to
identify the DLL file.
• Display Resource Index—Specify the display name index for the shortcut. This
must be a non-negative number.
Note: If you specify a DLL, you must also enter a value for the Display Resource Index
setting.
These settings enable you to separate language-neutral portable executable files from
.mui files, which contain all of the language-dependent resources, and later add
resources for additional languages without having to recompile or relink the application.
Windows Vista and later and Windows Server 2008 and later include support for the
display resource. Earlier systems ignore it.
Description Enter a description of the shortcut. The text that you enter is displayed as a tooltip when
the end user places the mouse pointer over the shortcut. It is also displayed in the
Description field of the shortcut’s Properties dialog box.
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