Andreas, You'll need to manually build each localized version of your MSI. Votive doesn't currently support building multiple installers per language, nor selecting between them at build time. Here's the information from the "How To: Build a localized installer" topic in our new help file:
How To: Build a Localized Version of Your Installer Once you have described all the strings in your installer using language files, as described in How To: Make your installer localizable, you can then build versions of your installer for each supported language. This how to explains building the localized installers both from the command line and using Votive. Option 1: Building localized installers from the command line The first step in building a localized installer is to compile your WiX sources using candle.exe: candle.exe myinstaller.wxs -out myinstaller.wixobj After the intermediate output file is generated you can then use light.exe to generate multiple localized MSIs: light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:en-us -loc en-us.wxl -out myinstaller-en-us.msi light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:fr-fr -loc fr-fr.wxl -out myinstaller-fr-fr.msi The -loc flag is used to specify the language file to use. It is important to include the -cultures flag on the command line to ensure the correct localized strings are included for extensions such as WiXUIExtension. Option 2: Building localized installers using Votive If a single language file is included in your Votive project it will automatically be used for strings when your MSI is built. If you need to localize to multiple languages you will need to manually run light.exe on the intermediate output from your votive project with the appropriate command line, as described in Option 1 above. The intermediate output file is typically located in the obj\ folder under your project, so the command line will look like this when run from a command window in your project's obj\ folder: light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:en-us -loc ..\en-us.wxl -out ..\bin\debug\myinstaller-en-us.msi light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:fr-fr -loc ..\fr-fr.wxl -out ..\bin\debug\myinstaller-fr-fr.msi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Hellwig Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:14 AM To: WiX-Users Subject: [WiX-users] Choosing the right language Hi, i've got another problem. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 to develop my WiX installer. The installer works fine, but one problem i have left is the fact that I can't get Visual Studio/WiX to choose the right localization files according to the language that is set. I have included all my localization files into the project, some for german string some others for the english versions. But I allways get a german version even if I set the language attributes to english (1033). Does anyone have an idea how to fix that? Andreas Hellwig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
