Setting Feature Properties

InstallShield 2018 » Basic MSI Tutorial

First, you will set additional properties for the features you created in the Project Assistant, such as the feature display name and description. To edit the feature properties, go to the Features view in the IDE.

To set feature properties for this tutorial, do the following:

1. Open the Features view. The Features view is located in the Organization section of the View List.
2. In the Features view, select the Tutorial_Files feature to display its property grid on the right.
3. Type the following text in the Description field: This feature contains the Tutorial application files.
4. Select the New_Feature feature to display its property grid.
5. Type the following text in the Description field: This feature contains the Tutorial help files

As you enter the display names and descriptions, InstallShield creates a string entry—displayed as {ID_STRINGn}—to represent each value.

At run time, if the end user chooses the Custom setup type, the installation displays a dialog that prompts the user to select which features to install. This dialog displays features using the display name and description you specified here.

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