Note: this advanced option screen is reachable by selecting the "Splash screen" step and choosing "Splash screen options" from the [Advanced options] popup menu or by clicking directly on the index.

• Hide splash screen when first application window is shown
  If this option is checked, the executable generated by install4j will monitor the state of your application and hide the splash screen as soon as a window is opened. If you want to hide the splash screen programmatically, you can use install4j's splash screen client API.
• Splash screen is always on top
  If this option is checked, the splash screen remains always on top of other windows opened by your application. On some platforms, this option has no effect.

You can configure the following properties of a text line

• Text
  The (initial) text displayed in the text line.
• Position
  The x and y-coordinates of the text line on the splash screen. The origin of the coordinate system is the top left corner of the splash screen window.
• Font
  The font used for drawing the text line:
  • Name
    The name of the font. Please choose a common font name that is likely to be available on all target platforms. If unavailable at runtime, a platform dependent standard dialog font will be used as a fallback.
  • Weight
    The weight of the font. 8 fine-grained font weights are offered as a choice.
  • Size
    The size of the font in points.
  • Color
    The color of the font. By clicking on [...], a color chooser dialog is brought up.

In both text lines, you can use the %VERSION% variable to substitute the version entered on the Application Info tab of the General Settings step.

To visually position the text lines with mouse and keyboard on the actual splash screen image, please click on the [Position text lines visually] button. The visual positioning dialog will then be displayed. On exiting the dialog with the [OK] button, the X/Y coordinate text fields (see above) will be updated for both text lines.