WiseScript Package Editor Reference
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Creating Custom Billboards
(WiseScript Package Editor only) You can use the Screen page to specify the background
that displays during the installation.
When you save a billboard from the Custom Billboard Editor, you are saving the entire
blue screen area, including the text, lines, shapes, and graphics that are on the screen.
When you save a billboard as a separate file, it is assigned the extension .GRF.
(WiseScript Package Editor only) After you create the billboards for your installation, you
can select the ones to display and arrange their order on the Billboards page.
Opening and Saving Custom Billboards
You can access the commands for creating, saving, exporting, and importing billboards
from the File menu in the Custom Billboard Editor. There is no New command on the File
menu because a new blank billboard screen appears when you open the Custom
Billboard Editor.
The commands on the File menu are:
z
Open
Opens a billboard from a .GRF file, importing it to the current installation.
z
Save As
Saves a billboard to a .GRF file so you can share the file with others, or re-use it on
future projects.
z
Exit Without Saving
Returns to Script Editor without saving the changes made to the billboard.
z
Save Changes and Exit
Saves the changes made to the billboard and returns to Script Editor saving the
graphic as part of the installation. It is only saved as a separate file if you use Save
As.
Adding Objects to a Billboard
The Custom Billboard Editor is object-based and lets you add different types of objects.
1. Access the Custom Billboard Editor.
See
Accessing the Custom Billboard Editor
on page 147.
2. From the Add menu, select an object.
3. Drag in the work area to create the object. (The polygon tool requires that you click
at each point of the polygon, then double-click at the last point.)
A settings dialog box appears.
4. Complete the dialog box:
For text objects, see
Editing Billboard Text Objects
.
For line objects, see
Editing Billboard Line Objects
on page 150.
For rectangles, rounded rectangles, and ellipses, see
Editing Billboard
Rectangles and Ellipses
on page 151.
For polygons, see
Editing Billboard Polygon Objects
on page 151.
For bitmaps, see
Editing Billboard Bitmap Objects
on page 152.
