Install features based on checkboxes

I am trying to make it so that when the user selects something via check box, a corresponding feature will be installed.

I am aware of the prebuilt feature tree that Wix provides but there are some other things that I am doing that do not allow me to use this function. I am curious as to how to link the two together so that when the user selects the check box "Install Feature X", feature X is installed when the user clicks the install button.

I found what it was that solves my issue. In order to do as I had intended I needed to create a check box for each individual feature as so.

<Control Id="FeatureX" Type="CheckBox" X="191" Y="50" Width="140" Height="17"
     Property="FEATUREX_CHECKED" CheckBoxValue="myValue" Text="Install feature 1" />
<Control Id="FeatureY" Type="CheckBox" X="191" Y="67" Width="140" Height="17"
     Property="FEATUREY_CHECKED" CheckBoxValue="myValue" Text="Install feature 1" />
<Control Id="FeatureZ" Type="CheckBox" X="191" Y="84" Width="140" Height="17"
     Property="FEATUREZ_CHECKED" CheckBoxValue="myValue" Text="Install feature 1" />

Now once I did that I then added a corresponding publish to each, and made a condition that made it so that only if the check box is selected will that feature be installed. Like so:

<Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" Text="Next" X="254" Y="243" Height="17" Width="56">
   <Publish Event="Remove" Value="ALL" Order="1">1</Publish>
   <Publish Event="AddLocal" Value="FeatureX" Order="2">
      <![CDATA[FEATUREX_CHECKED]]>
   </Publish>
</Control>

NOTE:

Remove is used to deselect everything from being installed (It was brought to my attention that once the UI is invoked it is too late to change feature levels).

Then each feature is checked to see if the "corresponding check box" has been selected and if so adds it to the "AddLocal" Property. AddLocal would look like this if one was to look at it:

ADDLOCAL=FeatureX,FeatureY,FeatureZ...

The Final thing I needed to do to get this to work was too check in my main.wxs to make sure that the FeatureID used in the check boxes matched up with the ComponentGroupRefID used:

 <ComponentGroupRef Id="FeatureX"/>

So there it is... I again thank everyone for their help with this. If anyone reading this is confused by anything please feel free to drop me a line and I will do my best to explain things a little bit further.

Michael Urman

The advice for check boxes is eerily similar to that for radio buttons. Use AddLocal and Remove control events on the Next or Install button, each of which condition against the property tied to your check boxes. It's too late to use feature install levels by the time you're showing UI to the user.

This is my sample code for installing features

Product.wxs

<Product Id="{C9FD5DDE-2625-4E01-B415-8A734464F341}" 
       Name="!(wix.Product)" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" 
       Manufacturer="!(wix.Manufacturer)" UpgradeCode="!(wix.UpgradeCode)">


    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" Languages="1033"
         Manufacturer="!(wix.Manufacturer)" Description="!(wix.ProductDesc)"/>

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

<WixVariable Id="UpgradeCode" Value="{E5695E2A-EE5F-4EEE-A326-98A9F8B2EF0A}"/>
<WixVariable Id="Manufacturer" Value="BSDreams"/>
<WixVariable Id="Product" Value="WixSubFeatures"/>
<WixVariable Id="ProductDesc" Value="Minimal select one feature install"/>
<WixVariable Id="ProductIcon" Value="chk_on.ico"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixSubFiles" Value=".\Files"/>

<Property Id="ARPNOMODIFY" Value="0" />
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="!(wix.ProductIcon)" />

<Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
  <RegistrySearch Id="WixSubFeaturesSearch" Type="raw" Root="HKCU"
                  Key="!(wix.Manufacturer)\!(wix.Product)" Name="InstallDir" />
</Property>

<Icon Id="chk_on.ico" SourceFile="!(wix.WixSubFiles)\!(wix.ProductIcon)"/>

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
        <Directory Id="ManufacturerDir" Name="!(wix.Manufacturer)">
            <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="!(wix.Product)">

      <Component Id="ProductMain" Guid="{FF35C142-480A-4d67-A2ED-E5C9E508F809}">
        <CreateFolder />

        <RegistryKey Id="WixSubDirReg" Root="HKCU" Key="!(wix.Manufacturer)\!(wix.Product)" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
          <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" Action="write"/>
        </RegistryKey>

      </Component>

            </Directory>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>

<UIRef Id="UserInterface"/>

    <Feature Id="PRODUCTFEATURE" Title="!(wix.Product)" Level="1" >
  <ComponentRef Id="ProductMain"/>
  <ComponentRef Id="IconFile"/>
  <Feature Id="OPTIONA" Title="Option A" Level="1" >
    <ComponentRef Id="TestFileA"/>
  </Feature>
  <Feature Id="OPTIONB" Title="Option B" Level="3" >
    <ComponentRef Id="TestFileB"/>
  </Feature>
  <Feature Id="OPTIONC" Title="Option C" Level="3" >
    <ComponentRef Id="TestFileC"/>
  </Feature>

</Feature>


<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
  <Component Id="IconFile" Guid="{967A5110-B0F8-47b0-967B-CC4624D06EA5}">
    <File Id="IconFileA" Source="!(wix.WixSubFiles)\!(wix.ProductIcon)" Name="chk_on.ico" Vital="yes" />
  </Component>

  <Component Id="TestFileA" Guid="{F5ACE3D7-03DE-47a7-9CE8-50CEF5E9A7BF}">
    <File Id="SomeFileA" Source="!(wix.WixSubFiles)\SomeFileA.txt" Name="BSDA.txt" Vital="yes"/>
  </Component>

  <Component Id="TestFileB" Guid="{CB5D53FB-8CED-42ef-89FF-08C7709CFCA5}">
    <File Id="SomeFileB" Source="!(wix.WixSubFiles)\SomeFileB.txt" Name="BSDB.txt" Vital="yes" />
  </Component>

  <Component Id="TestFileC" Guid="{987EA193-A1E0-41d2-8E9D-87D30D8F03AD}">
    <File Id="SomeFileC" Source="!(wix.WixSubFiles)\SomeFileC.txt" Name="BSDC.txt" Vital="yes" />
  </Component>

</DirectoryRef>

<CustomAction Id="SetARPINSTALLLOCATION" Property="ARPINSTALLLOCATION" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" />

<InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Custom Action="SetARPINSTALLLOCATION" After="InstallValidate"></Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
</Product>

UserInterface.wxs

<Fragment Id="WixSubUI">
<UI Id="UserInterface">
  <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" />
  <Property Id="WixUI_Mode" Value="Custom" />

  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Normal" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="8" />
  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Bigger" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="9" Bold="yes" />
  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Title"  FaceName="Tahoma" Size="9" Bold="yes" />

  <Property Id="DefaultUIFont" Value="WixUI_Font_Normal" />

  <DialogRef Id="ProgressDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="ErrorDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="FilesInUse" />
  <DialogRef Id="FatalError" />
  <DialogRef Id="UserExit" />
  <DialogRef Id="InstallDirDlg"/>
  <DialogRef Id="FeaturesDlg" />




  <Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="FeaturesDlg" Order="2"></Publish>

  <Publish Dialog="FeaturesDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="WelcomeDlg">1</Publish>

  <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="FeaturesDlg">1</Publish>
  <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="ChangeFolder" Property="_BrowseProperty" Value="[WIXUI_INSTALLDIR]" Order="1">1</Publish>
  <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="ChangeFolder" Event="SpawnDialog" Value="BrowseDlg" Order="2">1</Publish>
  <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="Next" Event="SetTargetPath" Value="[WIXUI_INSTALLDIR]" Order="1">1</Publish>
  <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="ExitDialog" Order="2">1</Publish>



  <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="EndDialog" Value="Return" Order="999">1</Publish>

</UI>
<UIRef Id="WixUI_Common" />

This will give you a basic installer that installs base on the selected features checkbox UI

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9367670/install-features-based-on-checkboxes

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