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Modify Welcome Screen

The Welcome screen is the first dialog box end users see when they run your package. It describes the package contents and provides instructions before extraction begins.

The appearance of the dialog depends on the interface theme you selected.

Modify Welcome Screen page in Paquet Builder

Welcome Screen Previews

Section titled “Welcome Screen Previews”

Modern welcome screen at runtime

Editing the Dialog Text

Section titled “Editing the Dialog Text”

Edit

Opens the Rich Content Editor to write and format the welcome message with rich HTML content.

Clear

Removes the current text entirely. If the welcome text is blank, the Welcome screen is disabled.

Templates

Select a pre-made welcome template from the menu list. Templates provide a ready-to-use starting point.

Rich Content Editor — editing the welcome screen text

Variables and Resource Strings

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You can include resource strings and variables in the welcome text — they are automatically replaced at runtime. For example, %APPTITLE% is replaced with the package title.

Templates

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Templates are HTML files stored in the Templates subfolder and listed in pbtempla.ini. The following placeholders are supported and replaced with their corresponding values:

PlaceholderReplaced with
[ARCHIVETITLE]Package title
[COMPANYNAME]Author / Company name
[COMPANYEMAIL]Contact email address
[HOMEPAGE]Company web homepage
[COPYRIGHT]Legal copyright text
[DESCRIPTION]Package description
[PRODNUM]Product version number
[FILENUM]Number of files in the package

Multilanguage Packages

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Paquet Builder supports multilanguage packages, allowing the Welcome dialog to display in the end user’s language.

  1. Open the language list language list button to select a language.
  2. Edit the Welcome text for that language using the Rich Content Editor.
  3. Repeat for each compiled language.
Section titled “Related Pages”
Rich Content Editor Learn how to format text with the built-in HTML editor.
Interface Theme Choose the visual style of the installer dialogs.
Language Manager Add multilanguage support to your package.
Resource Strings Customize and translate dialog labels and messages.