Appearance Options

The Appearance Options window is used to customize the appearance of an installer application. This window is opened from the Script:Installer Appearance menu option. The settings in this window apply to any installers built from the current script document. If you create a new script document, you must set the appropriate appearance options for that script.

The Appearance Options window contains the following items:

Interaction with User

This popup menu presents options for the installer's level of user interaction.

• "Standard" produces a normal DragInstall installer with its drag-and-drop interface.
• "Semi-Automatic" produces an installer that is more automatic. A semi-automatic installer does not display the main installer window. It assumes that installation will occur on the user's startup disk. Progress, error, and confirmation dialogs are presented to the user during installation.
• "Automatic" produces an installer that runs without an user intervention after it is launched. Only the progress dialog is displayed. When installation is complete, the installer just quits. As with semi-automatic installers, the startup disk is used as the target for the installation.

Automatically dismiss splash

This setting determines whether the installer's startup screen will be automatically dismissed after several seconds. If the User Interaction is set to "Semi-Automatic" or "Automatic", then this checkbox is turned on and cannot be turned off.

Show 'Read Me' text after splash

This setting determines whether the installer's 'Read Me' text will be displayed after the startup screen. If this is set, the Read Me window will contain both Continue and Quit buttons. This option is useful for presenting licensing information before installation.

Include 'Replace All' in replace dialogs

This setting determines whether replace dialogs include a Replace All button. This option is really only necessary if the Ask To Replace option is set for any files in a script.

Progress Cursor

This radio button set allows you to set the animated cursor to be used during installation.

Window Color

This popup menu presents a list of possible colors for the main installer window background. The "Default" is a light gray.

Installer Disk

This popup menu includes choices for handling the installer disk in the main installer window. When installing from a volume larger than 2MB, this setting is ignored.

• "Include" shows the installer disk as active.
• "Dim" shows the installer disk as inactive.
• "Omit" hides the installer disk completely.

Locked Disk

This popup menu includes choices for handling locked disk in the main installer window. Locked disks include floppies with their write-protect tab set and CD-ROMs.

• "Include" shows the locked disk as active.
• "Dim" shows the locked disk as inactive.
• "Omit" hides the locked disk completely.

Change

This button closes this window, saving any changes.

Cancel

This button closes this window, canceling any changes.

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