Using Feature Advertisement - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

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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:
collapsed by default.
• Visible and Expanded:
expanded by default.
• Not Visible:
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 is installed on the local drive (INSTALLSTATE_LOCAL):
the local drive during setup.
• The feature is run from source, CD, or network (INSTALLSTATE_SOURCE):
from the source, whether it is from the installation CD or from the network.
• The feature is advertised (INSTALLSTATE_ADVERTISED):
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
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Using Feature Advertisement

Windows Installer supports many features of Windows 2000 and later platforms, including feature advertisement.
This convenience enables any product feature to be in one of four installation states:
• The feature is not installed
• The feature is installed on the local drive
• The feature is run from source, CD, or the network
•
The feature is advertised
When features are advertised, they are not actually installed on the local system. However, they appear to be, in
that the appropriate shortcuts to launch the feature are present. The first time a user attempts to use a feature that
is advertised, it is installed on the computer.
Feature advertisement is fully supported only on the Windows XP , Windows 2000, and Windows Me operating
systems, though an updated shell is available for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0. To activate the
shell for any of these platforms, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 must be installed and Active
Desktop enabled.
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The feature will be displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures
The feature will be displayed in the Custom Setup dialog with its subfeatures
The feature will not be displayed to the end user in the Custom Setup dialog.
The feature will not be installed during setup.
The feature will be installed on
The feature will be run
The feature will be advertised, but not
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