Feature Element (Feature)

Feature Element (Feature)

Updated: May 2010

Defines a Feature to activate or deactivate at a specified scope.

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ActivateOnDefault = "TRUE" | "FALSE"

AlwaysForceInstall = "TRUE" | "FALSE"

AutoActivateInCentralAdmin = "TRUE" | "FALSE"

Creator = "Text"

DefaultResourceFile = "Text"

Description = "Text"

Hidden = "TRUE" | "FALSE"

Id = "Text"

ImageUrl = "Text"

ImageUrlAltText = "Text"

ReceiverAssembly = "Text"

ReceiverClass = "Text"

RequireResources = "TRUE" | "FALSE"

Scope = "Text"

SolutionId = "Text"

Title = "Text"

UIVersion = "Text"

Version = "Text" >

Attributes Attribute	Description
ActivateOnDefault	Optional Boolean. TRUE if the Feature is activated by default during installation or when a Web application is created; FALSE if the Feature is not activated. This attribute equals TRUE by default. The ActivateOnDefault attribute does not apply to site collection (Site) or Web site (Web) scoped Features. In general, Farm-scoped Features become activated during installation, and when a new Web application is created, all installed Web application-scoped Features in it become activated.
AlwaysForceInstall	Optional Boolean. TRUE if the Feature is installed by force during installation even if the Feature is already installed. For example, if set to TRUE, Feature installation callouts will always fire anytime a user tries to install the Feature (even if it is already installed) by using either the scanforfeatures or installfeature command-line operation. This attribute equals FALSE by default. The AlwaysForceInstall attribute affects Features of all scopes.
AutoActivateInCentralAdmin	Optional Boolean. TRUE if the Feature is activated by default in the Administrative Web site, site collection, or Web application. This