InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Creating Features
Chapter 8: Organizing Files for Your Installation
Defining Features
You can use the Features view to create features, as well as subfeatures, for your project.
Task To create a feature:
1. In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click Features.
2. Right-click the Features explorer and click New Feature. InstallShield creates a new feature with
the default name NewFeaturen (where n is a successive number).
3. Type a name for the feature. To rename the feature, right-click it and click Rename.
4. Configure the feature’s settings in the right pane.
Creating Subfeatures
Task To create a subfeature:
1. In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click Features.
2. In the Features explorer, right-click the parent feature that should contain the subfeature and then
click New Feature. InstallShield creates a new subfeature with the default name NewFeaturen
(where n is a successive number).
3. Type a name for the subfeature. To rename the subfeature, right-click it and click Rename.
4. Configure the feature’s settings in the right pane.
Tip: 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.
Configuring Feature Settings
Task To configure a feature’s settings:
1. In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click Features.
2. Select the feature that you want to configure.
3. Configure the settings in the grid in the right pane.
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