MSI.SetFeatureAttributes

OverviewExamples

boolean MSI.SetFeatureAttributes (

number hInstall,

string Feature,

number Attributes )

Description

Calls the MsiSetFeatureAttributes function that can modify the default attributes of a feature at runtime.

Parameters

hInstall

(number) The handle to the install.

Note: _hInstall is the default for this parameter. See Global Variables for more information.

Feature

(string) The name of the feature within the product.

Attributes

(number) Feature attributes specified at run time as a set of bit flags:

CONSTANT	VALUE	DESCRIPTION
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_FAVORLOCAL	1	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesFavorLocal at run time. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_FAVORSOURCE	2	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesFavorSource at run time. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_FOLLOWPARENT	4	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesFollowParent at run time. Note that this is not a valid attribute to be set for top-level features. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_FAVORADVERTISE	8	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesFavorAdvertise at run time. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_DISALLOWADVERTISE	16	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesDisallowAdvertise at run time. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.
INSTALLFEATUREATTRIBUTE_NOUNSUPPORTEDADVERTISE	32	Modifies default feature attributes to msidbFeatureAttributesNoUnsupportedAdvertise at run time. See Attributes column of the Feature table for a description.

Returns

(boolean) Returns true if the action succeeds to set the feature attributes. You can use Application.GetLastError to determine whether this action failed, and why.