Setting Feature Properties

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To set Feature Properties:

1. Select Features under Organization in the checklist.
2. Select the Feature that you want to edit. The Feature Properties view appears.
3. In the Description text box, enter a description that will be displayed when a feature is clicked in the Custom Setup dialog box
4. From the Visible drop down list, select an option to specify how the feature is presented to the end user in the Custom Setup dialog. The following options are available:
• Visible and Collapsed: The feature will be displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures collapsed by default.
• Visible and Expanded: The feature will be displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures expanded by default.
• Not Visible: The feature will not be displayed to the end user in the Custom Setup dialog.

Although an end user obviously cannot select or deselect an invisible feature, this property does not have any direct bearing on whether a feature is installed. In other words, a feature is not automatically installed if it is invisible; it just cannot be deselected if it would otherwise be installed, or selected if it should not be installed.

5. From the Initial State list, select an option to determine how (or if) the feature is installed during installation:
• The feature is not installed (INSTALLSTATE_ABSENT): The feature will not be installed during setup.
• The feature is installed on the local drive (INSTALLSTATE_LOCAL): The feature will be installed on the local drive during setup.
• The feature is run from source, CD, or network (INSTALLSTATE_SOURCE): The feature will be run from the source, whether it is from the installation CD or from the network.
• The feature is advertised (INSTALLSTATE_ADVERTISED): The feature will be advertised, but not installed. Essentially, this is an on-demand option; a shortcut will be created during setup, and if the shortcut is clicked, the feature will then be installed from the source. This ensures features that may be unnecessary are not installed until they are needed, if ever. For more information, see Using Feature Advertisement.