A file area displays the contents of a file, which must be provided by the pre-install component. A file area is used to display large text files like the end-user license agreement, a help topic, or the readme. Additionally, the contents of some internal administrative files can be displayed using a file area, for example, a summary of all parameter values used in the product. Navigation within the texts and scrolling are possible.
Parameters can be used to dynamically set the file name. Parameters of special use are: PIF_RESPONSE_FILE, PIF_ERROR_FILE, and PIF_LOG_FILE. For example, when you specify the internal variable $PIF_RESPONSE_FILE as file name, the contents of the internally used response file can be displayed.
The file area displays files with the following extensions:
The file area feature lets you provide different file formats for one file area.
For example, the following file area specification uses readme.html for the Java user interface and readme.txt for the VT100 user interface:
#filearea: 1 , 1 , MyFileArea , readme ;
To navigate within the file area in VT100 mode installation dialogs, use the following keys:
Forwards you to the next page.
Moves you back to the previous page.
Exits from the file area.
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