Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Got it. Thanks Blair. From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:12:22 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Right. It can't be customized. The most you can do is change the user's language (including logout-login) assuming the user's new chosen language is installed in the OS. We always operated under the assumption that understand the language of the Windows installation they have, so messages from the OS (like this one) would always be understood. Of course kiosk-type applications that won't be applicable, but Joe Public doesn't generally have permission to install/remove from kiosk terminals. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:35 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Hi Blair, Thanks for the info. Now I understand the string "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" is from shell. Does it mean we can't customize this string, correct? Thanks /Brian From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:33:36 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Shell in Windows = explorer.exe and/or something it owns/uses intimately (in this case, used to be the control panel applet. I don't know exactly which .dll the string would be in, but it is still Windows). User's language = the language that the user's shell is setup to use. In some SKUs of Windows you can add languages and can set each login to use a different language. This page explains some of that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374098(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Thanks Blair! Yes, that string shows when I click "Remove" from ARP. You said "that come from the shell", what do you mean shell? You also said, "..is in the user's language", do you mean it is in the .wxl file? Then what is the string ID for it? I doesn't seem to find it. Thanks From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge
Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Right. It can't be customized. The most you can do is change the user's language (including logout-login) assuming the user's new chosen language is installed in the OS. We always operated under the assumption that understand the language of the Windows installation they have, so messages from the OS (like this one) would always be understood. Of course kiosk-type applications that won't be applicable, but Joe Public doesn't generally have permission to install/remove from kiosk terminals. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:35 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Hi Blair, Thanks for the info. Now I understand the string "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" is from shell. Does it mean we can't customize this string, correct? Thanks /Brian From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:33:36 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Shell in Windows = explorer.exe and/or something it owns/uses intimately (in this case, used to be the control panel applet. I don't know exactly which .dll the string would be in, but it is still Windows). User's language = the language that the user's shell is setup to use. In some SKUs of Windows you can add languages and can set each login to use a different language. This page explains some of that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374098(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Thanks Blair! Yes, that string shows when I click "Remove" from ARP. You said "that come from the shell", what do you mean shell? You also said, "..is in the user's language", do you mean it is in the .wxl file? Then what is the string ID for it? I doesn't seem to find it. Thanks From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Make your browsing faster,
Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Hi Blair, Thanks for the info. Now I understand the string "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" is from shell. Does it mean we can't customize this string, correct? Thanks /Brian From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:33:36 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Shell in Windows = explorer.exe and/or something it owns/uses intimately (in this case, used to be the control panel applet. I don't know exactly which .dll the string would be in, but it is still Windows). User's language = the language that the user's shell is setup to use. In some SKUs of Windows you can add languages and can set each login to use a different language. This page explains some of that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374098(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Thanks Blair! Yes, that string shows when I click "Remove" from ARP. You said "that come from the shell", what do you mean shell? You also said, "..is in the user's language", do you mean it is in the .wxl file? Then what is the string ID for it? I doesn't seem to find it. Thanks From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conferen
Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Shell in Windows = explorer.exe and/or something it owns/uses intimately (in this case, used to be the control panel applet. I don't know exactly which .dll the string would be in, but it is still Windows). User's language = the language that the user's shell is setup to use. In some SKUs of Windows you can add languages and can set each login to use a different language. This page explains some of that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374098(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Thanks Blair! Yes, that string shows when I click "Remove" from ARP. You said "that come from the shell", what do you mean shell? You also said, "..is in the user's language", do you mean it is in the .wxl file? Then what is the string ID for it? I doesn't seem to find it. Thanks From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Thanks Blair! Yes, that string shows when I click "Remove" from ARP. You said "that come from the shell", what do you mean shell? You also said, "..is in the user's language", do you mean it is in the .wxl file? Then what is the string ID for it? I doesn't seem to find it. Thanks From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation
Is that the string you see when you click "Uninstall" from "Programs and Features" (or ARP)? That comes from the shell, and is in the user's language. Is it the string you see when you run msiexec /x or msiexec /x ? That also comes in the user shell's language (it comes from Windows Installer itself), and it is shown even before any data about the product/package is read (the MSI file isn't even accessed yet). -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The untranslated string in uninstallation The string in uninstallation: "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" This string is always in English. Is it possible to translate it to other languages? I can't find it in the language file WixUI_en-us.wxl. Or it may be provided by MSI service? Thanks. /Brian __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet ExplorerR 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
