Dialog Skins

Dialog skins enable you to display end-user dialogs with a different look and color scheme. Skinned dialogs are slightly larger than standard dialogs, and the controls are located differently. For skinned dialogs to display properly, the desktop area on the target machine must be at least 800 by 600 pixels (or if large fonts are used, 1024 by 768 pixels), and the system must display at least 16-bit color.

Limitations

The location of the standard navigation buttons (Next, Cancel, Back, Finish) are the same for all skins. The .skin file controls their position. Moving them in the Dialog Editor has no effect on the run-time positioning. There are also some Browse buttons on a few dialogs (for example, SdAskDestPath) that cannot be repositioned.

If you add custom dialogs to your project, the new dialogs should be the same size as the other end-user dialogs. If the custom dialogs are a different size, they may not be displayed correctly; for example, the navigation buttons might not be visible to the end user during run time, due to the positioning issue described above.

If you want to specify a dialog skin for a custom dialog, you must set the skin before creating the custom dialog in the Dialog Editor in order for the skin to appear properly.

Dialog Skins

Overview

Limitations