Rich Text attributes
A Rich Text resource represents a formatted text for use in the installer's user interface, typically for the product's license agreement or installation information. To display a Rich Text resource, you must place a RichText control in the dialog box, then link the control to the desired Rich Text resource.
InstallMate controls that accept a Rich Text resource are: RichText
Attributes
This pane contains the following attributes and options.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter the name for the Rich Text resource. This name is used in InstallMate to refer to the text and must be unique among all Rich Text resources. |
| File path |
Displays the file path for the Rich Text resource. This is optional; if you don't specify a file path, the Rich Text resource is stored inside the InstallMate project file. To save the Rich Text resource in an external file, click Save As... to open a standard Save As dialog box that lets you specify the desired file name and location. From then on, the Rich Text resource is stored in that file instead of in the InstallMate project file. |
External files
You can edit Rich Text resources in InstallMate. By default, Rich Text resources are stored inside the InstallMate project file. However, if you assign a File path (see above) to the resource, the Rich Text is stored in that file and the project file only contains the file path to the external resource file. This allows you to edit the Rich Text both from within InstallMate and through an external editor.
Be sure to edit it from only one application at the time, and to save any changes before you switch to another editor. In particular:
- If there are any unsaved changes in the Rich Text resource during a build or preflight check, the text is automatically saved to the external file. This will overwrite any changes made to the external file.
- If the Rich Text resource is unchanged but the external file has been modified, then the Rich Text resource will be reloaded from the file at the start of a build or preflight check.
Tip: If you want to use an external editor to edit a Rich Text file, we strongly recommend that you use the WordPad tool that comes with Microsoft Windows. WordPad uses a limited subset of the RTF syntax that is compatible with the RichEdit controls used by the installers. (In fact, WordPad internally uses that same RichEdit control.) Other RTF-capable word processors may add additional and sometimes very verbose formatting that is ignored at best, and may cause rendering problems at worst.