17.3.2 Acquiring properties of installer windows

(1) Acquiring the properties of a window or control

1. From the Tools menu, choose Window Properties.

   The Window Properties dialog box appears.

2. Activate the software for which you want to acquire the properties.

   Make sure that both the window you want to check and the Window Properties dialog box are displayed on the desktop.

3. Drag and drop the Finder icon () onto the window or control you want to check.

   The Window Properties dialog box displays the properties of the window or control.

   Figure 17‒4: Window Properties dialog box

You can copy the properties displayed in the Window Properties tool to the Clipboard. To copy them, click in the Window Properties dialog box. The attributes are copied as follows:

Window text: Adobe Reader 6.0 - Setup Class name: MsiDialogNoCloseClass Module name: _MSIEXEC.EXE Control ID: N/A Control type: Window Associated label: N/A Enabled: Yes Visible: Yes

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(2) Displaying properties of associated windows and controls

You can use toolbar buttons on the Window Properties dialog box to display properties of the parent window and its first child window, and of the foreground and background windows. You can also change the display mode of the Window Properties dialog box. The following gives the toolbar buttons on the Window Properties dialog box.

Toolbar button	Description
	Jump to Parent Window: Displays the properties of the parent window of the window or control for which you acquired the properties.
	Jump to First Child Window: Displays the properties of the first child window of the window or control for which you acquired the properties.
	Jump to Preceding Window: Displays the properties of the previous window of the window or control for which you acquired the properties.
	Jump to Next Window: Displays the properties of the window following the window or control for which you acquired the properties.
	Show/Hide during Find: Hides the Windows Properties dialog box while the Finder icon is being dragged and then displays the dialog box when the icon is dropped. If the dialog box is hidden when you drop the Finder icon, you can select the target control easier.
	Display Always in Foreground: Always displays the Window Properties dialog box in the foreground.

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