Actions

InstallAnywhere supports an extensible action architecture that gives developers the ability to perform operations during installation. Some of these actions are as simple as installing files and folders and as complex as creating or modifying text files, executing custom code during the installation process, or extracting contents from a compressed file.

Actions may occur in the background, not requiring any user input, or may require user input. General/install actions do not require any user input. Panel actions and console actions request user input. Panel actions display a graphic element that requests user input. Console actions display a command-line request.

General Actions

Most general actions occur transparently to the end-user. They do not require any user input.

Panel Actions

Panel actions are requests for user input that appear inside the graphical installer wizard.

Console Actions

Console actions are command-line requests for user input and are used during command-line installation.

Plug-in Actions

Custom code can be integrated with the InstallAnywhere designer and will appear as a plug-in.