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INTRODUCTION............................................... 14
Key Features in Setup Factory 7.0............................................... 16
About this Guide ........................................................................... 21
Document Conventions ................................................................ 22
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED......................................... 24
Starting a New Project.................................................................. 26
Making Sure You Have the Latest Version .................................. 36
Learning the Interface .................................................................. 38
Getting Help.................................................................................. 45
Setting Preferences...................................................................... 47
Planning Your Installation............................................................. 50
What Files Do You Need to Distribute? .................................. 50
Preparing the Directory Structure ........................................... 52
Where Do Your Files Need To Be Installed?.......................... 53
What System Changes Need To Be Made?........................... 55
What Information Do You Need from the User?..................... 55
CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH FILES.................................... 56
The Project Window ..................................................................... 58
The Archive File List ............................................................... 59
The External File List .............................................................. 59
File List Columns .................................................................... 59
File List Items.......................................................................... 61
Filtering the File List................................................................ 61
Folder References ........................................................................ 66
Overriding Individual Files....................................................... 67
Before Adding Files ...................................................................... 67
Table of Contents
Adding Files.................................................................................. 67
Adding Files from Within Setup Factory ................................. 67
Dragging Files onto the Project Window................................. 69
Adding Folder References............................................................ 70
Adding Folder References from Within Setup Factory ........... 70
Dragging Folders onto the Project Window ............................ 71
Removing Files............................................................................. 72
Removing Folder References....................................................... 73
File Properties .............................................................................. 73
General ................................................................................... 73
Shortcuts ................................................................................. 77
Advanced ................................................................................ 78
Conditions ............................................................................... 79
Packages ................................................................................ 81
Notes....................................................................................... 82
Folder Reference Properties ........................................................ 83
Working with Multiple Files........................................................... 84
Missing Files................................................................................. 85
Primer Files .................................................................................. 86
CHAPTER 3: CREATING THE USER INTERFACE ................. 88
The User Interface........................................................................ 90
The Background Window ............................................................. 90
Window Style .......................................................................... 91
Window Appearance............................................................... 92
Background Window Text....................................................... 94
Screens ........................................................................................ 95
The Screen Manager .............................................................. 96
Screen Stages ........................................................................ 97
Table of Contents
Adding Screens....................................................................... 99
Removing Screens.................................................................. 99
Ordering Screens.................................................................... 99
Editing Screens..................................................................... 100
Screen Properties ................................................................. 100
The Language Selector......................................................... 102
Session Variables ................................................................. 102
Screen Navigation................................................................. 103
Screen Layout....................................................................... 105
Themes....................................................................................... 111
Choosing a Theme................................................................ 112
Creating a Custom Theme.................................................... 113
Overriding Themes ............................................................... 114
Other Options ............................................................................. 115
Taskbar Settings ................................................................... 115
Actions .................................................................................. 115
CHAPTER 4: ACTIONS, SCRIPTS AND PLUGINS............... 118
What are Actions? ...................................................................... 120
The Action Editor ........................................................................ 121
Programming Features ......................................................... 122
Events ................................................................................... 127
Adding Actions ...................................................................... 131
Editing Actions ...................................................................... 133
Getting Help on Actions ........................................................ 134
Scripting Basics .......................................................................... 136
Using a Variable.................................................................... 136
Adding an If Statement ......................................................... 140
Testing a Numeric Value....................................................... 143
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