Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Setup Editor
Features Tab
The Features tab lets you manipulate an installation’s features and all corresponding
items. It displays a tree structure that lists all components, merge modules, files,
registry entries, and other installation items associated with each feature.
See
Working With Components and Features
on page 496.
Features you add in Installation Expert are displayed on this tab. However, the features’
conditions are not displayed in Setup Editor.
By default, the Features tab displays only items that are in the installation. Example: If
the installation contains a file, a Files icon appears. If you have not added any items to
the installation, only the Features and Complete icons appear. (Complete is the default
feature that is included in new installations.)
Working with the features tree
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To display all empty items, right-click in the left pane and select Hide Empty Folders/
Items.
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To display a feature’s contents, click the feature in the left pane. The contents
appear in the upper-right pane.
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To display all items in a feature, click the feature’s Combined icon. All items appear
in the upper-right pane.
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To display all items in a feature grouped by type, expand the feature’s Combined
icon and click the type icon.
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To expand or collapse a selected feature’s children, use the right-click menu.
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To customize how items appear in the features tree, right-click in the left pane and
select Customize View. In the Customize View dialog box that appears, mark the
check boxes of the items to display, and rearrange items by clicking Move Up or
Move Down.
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To quickly organize the items on the Features tab:
Drag a feature to a new parent feature.
Drag components from one feature to another.
Adding an item to a feature
Do either of the following in Setup Editor > Features tab:
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Right-click the feature name. Select New and the item to add.
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Expand the feature and expand the Combined folder. If necessary, show empty
folders. Right-click the icon for a particular item and select New.
If an icon does not appear, right-click and use the Customize View dialog box to
show the icon.
Items you can add on the Features tab
Most of these items can also be added in Installation Expert.
Feature
See
Adding a New Feature
on page 94.
Component assignment
See
Assigning a Component to a Feature
on page 368.
