Summary

Synopsis

This article describes how to create a condition based upon a feature being installed. For example, a custom action can be specified to run only if a specific feature is set to be installed.

Discussion

InstallShield Professional and Premier, AdminStudio

The following condition will be set to true when the feature named FeatureName is installed by the current setup:

&FeatureName=3

This condition will be correctly evaluated after the CostFinalize event in the InstallExecute sequence. It can be added to the Install Exec Condition field of the custom action.

Express

Conditions based upon a feature being installed can be set in the Custom Actions view of Express by following these steps:

1. Click the Condition attribute of an action.

2. Click the elipses button that is displayed to the right.

3. The Condition Builder dialog is displayed. Click the Feature tab and select the feature(s) to be involved in the conditon. The custom action will be launched only when all features selected in this dialog are set to be installed.

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