Creating Features

InstallShield 2016

Project • This information applies to the following project types:

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Basic MSI

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InstallScript

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InstallScript MSI

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InstallScript Object

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MSI Database

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Transform

You can use the Setup Design view or the Features view to create features, as well as subfeatures, for your project.

To create a feature:

In the View List under Organization, click Setup Design or Features.

Right-click the top-level item in the explorer and click New Feature. InstallShield adds a new feature with the default name New Feature_n (where n is a successive number).

Enter a new name, or right-click it later and click Rename to give it a new name.

Configure the feature’s settings in the right pane.

Project • In Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, MSI Database, and Transform projects, feature names must contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and periods (.), and they must begin with a letter or an underscore.

In InstallScript and InstallScript Object projects, the following characters are invalid in feature names:

\ / : * ? " ’ < > |

Tip • To add a subfeature, right-click the parent feature and click New Feature.

You can create multiple nested features at one time by adding a new feature and typing Feature 1\Feature 2\Feature 3 for the feature’s name. InstallShield creates a nested feature structure where Feature 3 is a subfeature of Feature 2, which is a subfeature of Feature 1.

After you have created all of your product’s features and subfeatures, you need to create components and then associate them with your features.

Creating Features

InstallShield 2016 Help Library

August 2016