Feature Settings

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

Feature settings are as follows.

Feature Settings

Setting

Description

Description

Enter a brief description of the feature. A feature’s description is displayed in the Custom Setup dialog when the end user clicks a feature or subfeature

Remote Installation

Indicate the default install state for the feature. Valid options are:

• Favor Source—The files in this feature are set to be run directly from the source medium, such as a CD-ROM or a network location, by default.
• Favor Local—The files in this feature are set to be installed on the target system by default.
• Favor Parent—The subfeature has the same default state as its parent feature. This option is available only if the feature is a subfeature.

For more information, see Setting a Feature’s Remote Installation Setting.

Visible

By configuring a feature’s Visible setting, you specify how you want it presented to the end user in the Custom Setup dialog. Select one of the following options:

• Visible and Collapsed—The feature is displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures collapsed by default.
• Visible and Expanded—The feature is displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures expanded by default.
• Not Visible—The feature is not displayed to the end user in the Custom Setup dialog.

This setting does not have any direct impact on whether a feature is installed. A feature is not automatically installed if it is not visible—it just cannot be deselected if it would otherwise be installed, or selected if it should not be installed.

For more information, see Displaying Features to End Users.

Advertised

Select the appropriate advertisement option for this feature. Available options are:

• Allow Advertise—End users have the ability to select the advertisement option for this feature in the Custom Setup dialog. Although advertisement is allowed, it is not the default option when the installation is run.
• Favor Advertise—The feature is advertised by default. End users can change the advertisement option for a feature in the Custom Setup dialog.
• Disallow Advertise—Select this option if you do not wish to allow advertising for this feature. Your end users will not be able to choose to have a feature advertised in the Custom Setup dialog.
• Disallow Advertise if not supported—Advertisement works only on systems with Internet Explorer 4.01 or later. If the target system does not meet this criterion, advertising is not allowed. If the target system can support advertisement, advertising is allowed.

For more information, see Advertising Features.

Required

Indicate whether the feature is required on the target system; if the feature is required, end users cannot deselect it in the Custom Setup dialog.

Condition

This setting indicates whether any conditions are set for this feature. To specify one or more conditions, click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting. For more information, see Setting Feature Conditions.

When you add a condition, InstallShield adds a new row to the grid of feature settings for that condition.

To add a condition, or to edit or delete one of the existing conditions, click the ellipsis button (...) in the Condition setting.

Comments

Enter comments to help you track the changes you make to a feature, or for any future reference. The feature’s comments are stored only in the project file and are not used in the installation at any time.

REG File to Merge at Build

If you want to merge a .reg file with the feature's registry entries at build time, enter the complete path for the .reg file. As an alternative, you can click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting to browse to the .reg file.

Key Name

This read-only setting shows the Windows Installer key that is used to represent your feature. You can use this key in custom actions to access the feature.

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition Help Library

April 2019

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