Feature to be installed depending upon user selection using checkbox in wix installer

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I have created the dialog in wix which has 3 checkbox. user can select either one or all at a time. depending upon the selection of check box the feature needs to be selected and installed.

Suppose I have 3 application (ABC, DEF, GHI) and these are defined in the feature with condition statement:

C#

<Control Id="ABC" Type="CheckBox" X="190" Y="110" Width="50" Height="17" Property="PQR" CheckBoxValue="1" Text="ABC">

similarly for other 2 application also I have the checkbox control.

Now I have 3 features like below:

C#

<Feature Id="abc" Title="ABC" Level="0">
  <Condition Level="1"><![CDATA[PQR="1"]]></Condition>
  <ComponentRef Id="InstallABC"/>
</Feature>

I don't want to add the PQR as property in product.wxs because I don' want the checkbox to be selected by default.

Is it possible to do it using custom action.

I will be grateful for any answer or suggestions.

What I have tried:

By creating Properties in custom action and in product.wxs

Evaluation of the property value is not being considered while feature selection(making feature label = 1 on condition)

Posted 27-Nov-18 20:15pm

Member 11120607

Updated 28-Nov-18 23:25pm

RickZeeland

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Member 11120607 · Answer 1 · 2018-11-28T23:26:00

You need to publish the feature as AddLocal and explicitly you need to call Remove All before adding AddLocal. On Next button you need to write these code.

<Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="248" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)" >
          <Publish Event="Remove" Value="ALL" Order="1">1</Publish>
          <Publish Event="AddLocal" Value="Feature1">CheckBox1="1"</Publish>
          <Publish Event="AddLocal" Value="Feature2">CheckBox2="1"</Publish>
</Control>

Next the feature will look like this.

<Feature Id="Feature1" Title="ABC">
  <ComponentRef Id="InstallABC"/>
</Feature>

    Note:- Feature should not have the Level Element, Also Don't add any Property for your CheckBox explicitly anywhere like Product.wxs.