Creating Custom Beans

InstallShield 11 Universal

Custom beans that are specific to your product installation can be created for use in Universal projects. You can extend the behavior or appearance of your installation program using custom beans. A bean is a Java class that contains properties and uses methods that follow a standard naming convention. Custom beans are based on JavaBeans technology—if you are unfamiliar with JavaBeans, please see the available online documentation and training at the Sun Web Site at http://developer.java.sun.com.

• To add entries to a response/options file from a custom bean, see Writing Data to a Response File from a Custom Bean.
• To use a custom icon in the interface for your custom bean instead of the default image, create a 16x16 pixel image called, for example, MyCustomBean16.gif. Place the GIF in the classes directory where Universal is installed, and then any custom bean named MyCustomBean will use this icon.

The following topics are available to assist you in creating custom beans.

Creating Custom Beans
	Rules for Creating Custom Beans Rules for creating custom beans
	Property Naming Conventions Conventions for naming properties
	Working With the Add-in Manager Instructions for registering, unregistering, and searching for your custom beans
	Specifying Additional Bean Information Instructions for creating a BeanInfo class for your custom beans
	Providing Bean Help Instructions for providing context-sensitive ("bean") help for your custom beans