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‎Jun 18, 2008
03:10 PM
Custom dialog, skins, and stupid newbs.
Okay, please folks, I really need your help.
I'm venturing into the InstallScript world for the first time. In February, I went looking for and found (somewhere!) an AskFile custom dialog that I was able to successfully use in my install with a skin and everything. Yay me.
Now I went back and was adding some new features and whatnot, and I must have touched something I shouldn't have. I rebuilt - not having deliberately changed anything about the dialog - and it was completely messed up. I deleted the dialog, then reimported it, and now it at least looks normal, but no matter what I do, I can't get that skin back.
Can anyone please PLEASE help get this stupid n00b back on the road?
Thanks.
I'm venturing into the InstallScript world for the first time. In February, I went looking for and found (somewhere!) an AskFile custom dialog that I was able to successfully use in my install with a skin and everything. Yay me.
Now I went back and was adding some new features and whatnot, and I must have touched something I shouldn't have. I rebuilt - not having deliberately changed anything about the dialog - and it was completely messed up. I deleted the dialog, then reimported it, and now it at least looks normal, but no matter what I do, I can't get that skin back.
Can anyone please PLEASE help get this stupid n00b back on the road?
Thanks.
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‎Jun 20, 2008
11:19 AM
Really? I find it hard to believe that no one out there has ever dealt with issues relating to a skin with a custom dialog.
I saw the note at the bottom of the help file, and definitely added the dialog after selecting the skin. It looked good, then something changed. I may have clicked "Edit..." on the dialog. Now it doesn't skin.
Please, someone - any thoughts or ideas.
I saw the note at the bottom of the help file, and definitely added the dialog after selecting the skin. It looked good, then something changed. I may have clicked "Edit..." on the dialog. Now it doesn't skin.
Please, someone - any thoughts or ideas.
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‎Jun 20, 2008
11:36 AM
As a sanity check, is the custom dialog box the same size as the default dialog boxes? Please see, for example, KB article Q108634...
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‎Jun 20, 2008
12:44 PM
Thanks so much for your reply, Robert. I had seen that KB tip, and tried to verify, but here's where n00bness comes in.
The default dialog does not appear to be, no. The skin I'm using (BlueTC - not a custom skin) produces a dialog that is 372x518, while this dialog is 266x374. I tried to fix this by loading the wrong-sized dialog, changing the size, exporting it under a new name, and importing the new, correctly-sized dialog. It didn't work - it just had a larger unskinned dialog with all the controls in one corner.
There's probably a better way to change dialog attributes - maybe even a way to edit the .isd? - that I don't know about... that might be all it is.
The default dialog does not appear to be, no. The skin I'm using (BlueTC - not a custom skin) produces a dialog that is 372x518, while this dialog is 266x374. I tried to fix this by loading the wrong-sized dialog, changing the size, exporting it under a new name, and importing the new, correctly-sized dialog. It didn't work - it just had a larger unskinned dialog with all the controls in one corner.
There's probably a better way to change dialog attributes - maybe even a way to edit the .isd? - that I don't know about... that might be all it is.
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‎Jun 24, 2008
10:02 AM
Is there any other information I should post that would be helpful to experts of InstallScript installations?
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‎Jun 24, 2008
06:07 PM
If you specify no skin for the project, verify the dialog size, then re-set the skin type, does it make any difference? You should be able to resize dialogs as expected in the Dialogs view...
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‎Jun 25, 2008
02:26 PM
Hi, Robert,
I tried a few different things based on your advice...sadly, nothing successful.
No skin.
Verify dialog size. (Dialog is smaller than the skin: 266x374)
Apply skin.
--> No good. Dialog is small and unskinned
No skin.
Delete dialog.
Import large-sized dialog (372x518) that was previously based on the original custom dialog and resized.
Apply skin.
--> Nope. Dialog is large and unskinned.
No skin.
Import original dialog.
Change dimensions.
Apply skin.
--> Nope. Dialog is large and unskinned.
I'm so confused - it just seems like this really shouldn't be that hard! I really appreciate your help and suggestions. Please advise. 🙂
I tried a few different things based on your advice...sadly, nothing successful.
No skin.
Verify dialog size. (Dialog is smaller than the skin: 266x374)
Apply skin.
--> No good. Dialog is small and unskinned
No skin.
Delete dialog.
Import large-sized dialog (372x518) that was previously based on the original custom dialog and resized.
Apply skin.
--> Nope. Dialog is large and unskinned.
No skin.
Import original dialog.
Change dimensions.
Apply skin.
--> Nope. Dialog is large and unskinned.
I'm so confused - it just seems like this really shouldn't be that hard! I really appreciate your help and suggestions. Please advise. 🙂
