Phil
Posts: 22
Joined: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:47 am

Changing 'Typical' install label?

Hi, I was wondering if the text in the 'Setup Type' dialog can be changed.

Eg change the 'Typical' or 'Complete' labels to something else.

We have a client/server installer... the server (Complete option) is only used once, and the client multiple times (Typical install).
However our helpdesk is receiving many calls from customers (who don't read instructions) and they think they can choose "Typical" install and it'll all work (which of course it won't).

So we'd like to re-label "Typical" to "Client Only" and "Complete" to "Server, Database and Client" (or something similar).

Is this possible?
Thanks, Phil
Mike
Posts: 292
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:50 am
Location: Craiova, Romania
Contact: Website

Hi Phil,

You have two possibilities to achieve this:

1. You can edit the MSI with Orca. Go to Control Table. Find the SetupTypeDlg entries in the Dialog column. Modify the Text column of the CompleteLabel, TypicalLabel and CustomLabel rows in the SetupTypeDlg section.

2. If you don't want to do this after every build you can change how AI builds ALL the English projects. Change the ai_en.ail English dictionary, where AI stores it's strings. Modify the entries:

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<STRING id="Control.Text.SetupTypeDlg#CompleteLabel" value="[DlgTitleFont]C&omplete"/>
<STRING id="Control.Text.SetupTypeDlg#CustomLabel" value="[DlgTitleFont]C&ustom"/>
<STRING id="Control.Text.SetupTypeDlg#TypicalLabel" value="[DlgTitleFont]&Typical"/>
to your values. The & string shows what letter will be underlined.

Restart AI if it is open and rebuild the project.

Regards,
Mihai
Mihai Bobaru
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

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