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Working in the Installation Dialog Editor

The following topics help you understand how to work in the installation dialog editor and perform various tasks:

• Adding an element to a dialog
• Changing a selected element
• Specifying the input order for the fields
• Removing an element from a dialog
• Placing the navigation buttons in a dialog

Add an Element to a Dialog

To add an element to a dialog, follow these steps:

1. Select an element in the toolbox.
2. Drag and drop the element from the toolbox to the appropriate area of the dialog.

   The element is added to the dialog.

Change a Selected Element

To change the properties of a selected element, follow these steps:

1. Select an element in the dialog.

   Appropriate properties dialog appears.

2. Make necessary modifications in the properties dialog of the selected element.

   The properties of the selected element are changed.

Specify the Input Order for the Fields

To specify the input order for the fields, follow these steps:

1. Select the Input order check box in the installation dialog editor’s toolbox.

   Blue boxes appear for the input fields in the dialog creation area.

2. Click the input fields (blue boxes) one-by-one to specify the input sequence.

   When this installation dialog is called during a later installation of the PIF package, the input fields in this dialog are processed in the specified order.

Remove an Element

To remove an element from the dialog, follow these steps:

1. Select an element in the dialog.
2. Right-click and select Remove from the context menu.

   The selected element is removed from the dialog.

Place a Navigation Button in a Dialog

While placing a navigation button in a dialog, make sure that you place it in the last line of the dialog. The navigation buttons work only if they are placed in the last line of the dialog.

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