[Header]

The header section contains general information about the feature and specifies the installation options for the feature.

Item

Purpose

Feature=

Name of the feature.

FeatureType=

Type of feature.

Description=

Text description of the feature.

Required=

A setting that indicates whether installation of the feature is required.

InitialChoice=

A setting that specifies the default selections for features that the user can install.

The Required and InitialChoice entries are set using the three Feature Installation option settings (Required, Selected, Deselected) on the Feature Information form. When you select one of these three options, the system writes these values into the Required and InitialChoice entries in the feature INF file.

Feature Installation Option

Required

InitialChoice

Required

Y

Both

Selected

N

Both

Deselected

N

Custom