WIX: How to Select Features depending on properties

Question

I want to select features based on certain properties' values.

Similar to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246329/wix-how-to-select-features-from-command-line

It seems that setting the ADDLOCAL property value is one way to do it, but is this the right way? Microsoft seems to warn against doing it in this article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367536(VS.85).aspx

Answer 1

Why not use components instead of features? Components can be conditionally installed depending on various properties.

We do this having "pretend features" that a user can select via a checkbox, then a complicated set of conditionals to install various components depending on their Office version AND the state of the checkbox.

Answer 2

Features can be conditionally installed as well. See the Condition element under the Feature element. Component Conditions may work as well. Depends on your package structure.