Microsoft KB Archive/198987

= SMSINST: SMS Installer Dialog Box Does Not Display All Text =

Article ID: 198987

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198987



SUMMARY
When inserting the script item "Radio Button" dialog box in the Systems Management Server Installer Script Editor, it employs an existing dialog box template. The Radio Button dialog box settings window will allow you to insert more text than the default templates can display. If you need a custom dialog box to display a long string of text you can create a new Custom Dialog Box or you can copy and modify the existing templates.



MORE INFORMATION
Create your own custom dialog boxes and copy and modify any of the nineteen Installer dialog box templates. The Installation Expert uses eleven of these templates to create the installation wizards. The others are used by various script items such as the Radio Button Dialog Box. You can find Installer templates in the \dialogs\template directory of your main Installer directory.

If you copy the templates to another directory, you must change the Dialogs Directory on the Installation Properties Settings page. This tells the compiler where to get the templates, if you edit the templates in the \dialogs\template directory, then back up the files to another directory for recovery. If you edit the templates in the \dialogs\template directory, then back up the files to another directory for recovery.

NOTE: The list of templates found when you select Dialog Templates from the Edit menu is a static list that does not represent the current contents of the \dialogs\template directory or the Dialogs Directory on the Installation Properties Settings page.

To create or edit a custom dialog box in the Installer Script Editor select the Custom Dialog script item to launch the Custom Dialog Editor. Within the editor you can open an existing dialog template as a *.dlg file or create a new one and save it as a *.dlg file to use again.

To edit a Custom Dialog template follow the preceding procedures or within the Installer Script Editor and select Dialog Templates from the Edit Menu.

