Re: [WiX-users] [Wix-users] msi and combo box
Hi, I see your point Tobias, thanks for your quick answer. If the solution with the combo box doen't work/doesn't fit my expectation, I will go for the transform. I have a question about the combo box. I have set the combobox with its property and it seems to works fine Control Type=ComboBox Property=LANGUAGELIST Id=languageCombo Width=84 Height=16 X=30 Y=244 ComboList=yes RightToLeft=yes/ ComboBox Property=LANGUAGELIST ListItem Text=English Value=1033 / !--or ListItem Text=English Value=English /-- ListItem Text=Spanish Value=3082 / ListItem Text=Japanese Value=1041 / /ComboBox Property Id=LANGUAGELIST1033/Property !-- default value-- but I don't see how to use this property to change the value of my ScrollableText dynamically. Control Id=AgreementText Type=ScrollableText X=20 Y=60 Width=330 Height=140 Sunken=yes TabSkip=no Text SourceFile=EULA_English.rtf / /Control Just putting the properties in the field (Text SourceFile=EULA_[LANGUAGELIST].rtf/) doen't compile and it is normal. Do I need to go for a wix project variable? or a condition? Can someone help me to do that? Thanks Michel. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] [Wix-users] msi and combo box
HI, Think this is a bit more tricky: Control Id=LicenseText Type=ScrollableText X=20 Y=60 Width=330 Height=140 Sunken=yes TabSkip=no Text SourceFile=!(wix.WixUILicenseRtf=$(var.licenseRtf)) / /Control adds the source file for the ScrollableText during binding of the installation. Actually here you would need 3 different rtf files and so you have to work around to populate the ScrollableText control. At first glance it seems that you need some additional code to do so (comp. http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06828.html ) Regards, Tobias 2011/4/7 Thomazeau Michel neomichou...@gmail.com: Hi, I see your point Tobias, thanks for your quick answer. If the solution with the combo box doen't work/doesn't fit my expectation, I will go for the transform. I have a question about the combo box. I have set the combobox with its property and it seems to works fine Control Type=ComboBox Property=LANGUAGELIST Id=languageCombo Width=84 Height=16 X=30 Y=244 ComboList=yes RightToLeft=yes/ ComboBox Property=LANGUAGELIST ListItem Text=English Value=1033 / !--or ListItem Text=English Value=English /-- ListItem Text=Spanish Value=3082 / ListItem Text=Japanese Value=1041 / /ComboBox Property Id=LANGUAGELIST1033/Property !-- default value-- but I don't see how to use this property to change the value of my ScrollableText dynamically. Control Id=AgreementText Type=ScrollableText X=20 Y=60 Width=330 Height=140 Sunken=yes TabSkip=no Text SourceFile=EULA_English.rtf / /Control Just putting the properties in the field (Text SourceFile=EULA_[LANGUAGELIST].rtf/) doen't compile and it is normal. Do I need to go for a wix project variable? or a condition? Can someone help me to do that? Thanks Michel. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] [Wix-users] msi and combo box
Hi Tobias, Thanks for you quick reply. I already have the differents rtf files (one per language) integrated in my visual project, So at least for this part I think I am ok! I have a custom license page (a title/a textfield/a checkbox, and the buttons) and I wanted to integrate a combobox in this page to change the tetfield value. I was a little worried that you will reply me that there were no choice but to use Custom Action ... Then I will have to learn how it works as I am a little new to the WIX process and know nothing about custom action. Meanwhile I read this: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/index.php http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372048 http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Question-about-using-custom-action-to-query-control-table-td5738865.html http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg42223.html and some others I have closed. I admit being a little lost. Do I need to create an extern dll in my situation and write some external code or can I do that directly in the wix files as all values/properties are there and don't use external binaries/request? If I understood well, what I need is: 1. Getting the current value of the combobox It doen't seems possible to do that when the value of the combobox is modified as the combobox doen't have a publish-like attribute. Am I wrong? So I cannot launch a custom action when the combo box value is modified. So I will have to do this another way. Does custom action allow to watch over the properties values? 2.Updating the msi control table to change the sourcefile of the textfield For the moment this thing is totally obscur for me... Perhaps you (or somebody else) know some others links/tutorials than can help me to code such a custom action (getting some ui properties and setting the control table accordingly)? Thanks a lot, M. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] [Wix-users] msi and combo box
So if I understand your requirements correctly you want to have a combobox just for selecting a language for the license agreement? That should be possible by adding a combobox e.g. on the first installation scren and afterwards set a property for the selected language and use this value for the language of the license agreement. But to be honest from my point of view I'd recommend to localize the complete UI and then the license agreement as well. E.g. all the strings are already included in WiX and you only have to localize additional ones. Then build the lanugage transforms and create a bootstrapper to to select the language. Alternatively you can use the approach to embed transforms as it is descibed e.g. here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Multilanguage-install-td6161866.html Regards Tobias 2011/4/6 Thomazeau Michel neomichou...@gmail.com: Hi Guys, I have not found any infomation about using combo box ( the widget where you can choose one item in a list ) with WIX. My problem is about dynamic license text localization. I have seen many post about creating multiple msi, one for each languages. I have try this, in fact it work fine, all the ui that are produced are well localized but this solution does not correspond to my needs, because it induce to have one msi for every language (and I want to adress the msi to 16 different languages ...). Another problem is that I don't care about the UI button or text localization, the only thing I want to be translated is the license text that appears in the second or third page of the installer. And the easiest way to do that, from user point of view, is to have a combobox where he can choose his language and that change the license text field below. Is there any way to do that with WIX? Tanks a lot, M. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
