Customizing Installation Architecture
InstallShield 2022 » Basic MSI Tutorial
The Installation Architecture page lets you specify the features that you want your installation to display to end users. A feature is the smallest separately installable piece of your product from the end user’s standpoint. Individual features are visible to end users when they select a Custom setup type during installation.
Note:Features can contain subfeatures, subsubfeatures, and so forth, to as many levels as your installation requires.
Your installation architecture currently contains a default feature, Tutorial_Files. The default feature is always installed when an end user runs your installation. In this step, you will add another feature to the installation architecture.
For the tutorial, add a new Help_Files feature:
| 1. | Select Yes for the Do you want to customize your Installation Architecture? option. |
| 2. | Right-click the Installation Architecture node and select New. |
| 3. | Name the new feature Help_Files. |
When you finish this step, your installation architecture will look like this:
Installation Architecture