Project pages

Annotated navigation paneNavigation treeInstallMate Builder displays your project's contents in different pages, organized by section and purpose.

Project page navigation

You can navigate between the project pages using one or more of the following methods:

Using the navigation pane

The navigation pane is located on the left side of the InstallMate main window. It contains project page titles, plus a number of quick help commands (see screen shots on the right). To show a project page, click on the corresponding page title in the navigation pane.

Using the page arrow buttons

Page title bar

The title bar at the top of each project page contains two arrow buttons. Clicking these buttons takes you to the next (right arrow) or previous (left arrow) project page. Clicking on the question mark button opens the help viewer with information about the current project page.

Using Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+PageUp

The keystrokes Ctrl+PageDown (next page) and Ctrl+PageUp (previous page) are the keyboard equivalents of the white arrow buttons. They operate exactly the same as the arrow buttons; in particular, they too move only between project pages in open sections.

Using the View menu

All project pages are also accessible through the View menu on the main menu. Each project section corresponds to a submenu; the actual project pages appear on the per-section submenus.

Available project pages

InstallMate Builder contains the following project pages, listed in the same order as they appear in the navigation pane.

Project page Description
Project manager Start page to create new projects or open existing ones
Project overview Displays a summary of your current installation project and its installation packages
Product info General product identification for use by installer and Windows
Requirements System requirements and prerequisites to satisfy before installation
Prerequisites Pre-installation prerequisite handlers
Components Physical (developer) and logical (end-user) organization of the product
Files and folders Files and folders to install for the product
Registry Registry keys and values to install for the product
INI files INI file values to install for the product
Environment Environment variables to install for the product
File types File type associations to install for the product
COM classes COM class information to install for the product
Services Services and device drivers to install for the product
Installer options Installer settings for the installer
User interface Product registration options for the installer
Languages Localization languages for the installer
Dialogs Installation screens for the installer
Actions Installation actions for the installer
Messages Various text messages for the installer
RichTexts Formatted texts for use in the installer dialogs
Bitmaps Images for use in the installer dialogs
Icons Icons for use in the installer dialogs
Font styles Font styles for use in the installer dialogs
Variables Repository of symbolic variables