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Unable to Change Dialog Font Characteristics in InstallShield 2018 Express

Unable to Change Dialog Font Characteristics in InstallShield 2018 Express

Summary

This article contains a HotFix to resolve an issue in InstallShield 2018 Express where font settings (color, style, size) are not able to be modified.

Symptoms

When configuring an InstallShield 2018 Express project the option to set font characteristics such as color, style, or size is not available as expected.

Cause

This problem is due to an issue introduced in InstallShield 2018 Express.

Steps To Reproduce

The following steps reproduce this issue:
  1. Create a new project in InstallShield 2018 Express.
  2. Navigate to the section '(4) Customize the Setup Appearance'.
  3. Select 'Text and Messages'
  4. Select any Dialog Text or Message option.
  5. Double-click one of the listed fonts in the Font Column
It is expected that there will be an ellipsis button and arrow that appear, the ellipsis button should open the font dialog box allowing you to set font characteristics for the selected string,

Resolution

A HotFix is available which adds the ability to configure font characteristics back to the InstallShield 2018 Express IDE.

To Apply the HotFix please perform the following:
  1. Download the HotFix 'ioj-1861264.zip' from the Attachments section of this article.
  2. Make sure InstallShield 2018 is not running.
  3. Locate the InstallShield 2018 installation directory and open the system folder, by default this path is:
    1. 64-Bit Default Installation Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2018\System
    2. 32-Bit Default Installation Location: C:\Program Files\InstallShield\2018\System
  4. Back up the following files by renaming them as noted below.
    1. Rename the file 'FrmWrkLib.dll' to 'FrmWrkLib_org.dll'
    2. Rename the file 'MediaBuild40.dll' to 'MediaBuild40_org.dll'
  5. Extract the contents of 'ioj-1861264.zip', copy these files to the InstallShield 2018 system directory.
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‎Apr 06, 2018 02:07 AM
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