Interesting. I've never heard that feedback before. Thank you. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Markus KARG <markus.k...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Well, frankly spoken that (really huge) tutorial is in part outdated, false > and overly complex to understand, and it does things without explaining > their intension or details in some chapters (what really confuses > beginners). So after reading it two times I gave up and posted my question > here... > > Thanks > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2009 16:38 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question on Multi Language > > Installer > > > > Unfortunately, no. > > Have you read through the WiX tutorial <http://wix.sf.net/tutorial>? I > > thought it had a nice section on languages in MSIs. > > > > virtually, Rob Mensching - RobMensching.com LLC > > <http://robmensching.com> > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:13 AM, mrtn <mrtn.frederik...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > In stead of a bootstrapper - selecting the wanted transform - is it > > > possible > > > for the .msi file itself to select a transform file? Maybe in a C++ > > CA? > > > > > > > > > Blair-2 wrote: > > > > > > > > You get German since that is the first one in your list of > > Cultures. > > > > > > > > MSI has never officially supported the scenario you describe > > directly. > > > You > > > > are perfectly free to create per-language transforms and use an > > .EXE file > > > > to > > > > install your MSI with those transforms (the supported way). There > > are > > > some > > > > who have had success with embedding those same transforms based on > > a > > > > particular naming convention and having them auto-selected by the > > OS (not > > > > supported, but I'm told it works). There may or may not be issues > > with > > > > generating working MSP files if you use those transforms (you may > > have to > > > > mess with the transform applicability rules of the patch-supplied > > > > transforms > > > > depending on what the original language transforms did). > > > > > > > > You may be able to use the instance transform related tags in WiX, > > but I > > > > have never tried that so I don't know what gotchas you may find > > that way. > > > > Otherwise you may be able to link each language separately into > > .wixout > > > > files, generate your transforms from those, and bind the "baseline" > > > wixout > > > > into the MSI you subsequently apply each MST to. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Markus KARG [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:06 PM > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question on Multi Language > > Installer > > > > > > > > Hello Everybody, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am new to both, MSI technology in general and the WiX product in > > > > particular, but I have some experience with some old InstallShield > > > > products > > > > (pre-MSI-age). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > InstallShield allowed me to simply add translated strings for lots > > of > > > > languages, so one single setup.exe contained the installer in multi > > > > languages. This was very smart since I was able to send the same > > > setup.exe > > > > to any country of the world. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I want to write an installer with WiX that is also multi > > language (I > > > > don't want to have lots of setup.msi files, but only a single one). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote several .wxl files and linked them together using a line > > like > > > this > > > > one: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > light.exe -cultures:de,neutral;fr,neutral;en,neutral;neutral -loc > > de.wxl > > > > -loc fr.wxl -loc en.wxl -loc neutral.wxl Setup.wixobj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (While actually told nowhere, it seems that neutral.wxl must > > contain ' > > > > .culture="". ' [i. e. empty string] to indicate that it is the > > neutral > > > > culture. I found out that by trial and error when adding the > > neutral > > > > fallback to each culture). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I expect to get from light.exe is one single .msi file > > containing > > > all > > > > four language packs: German, French, English and Neutral. Light > > provides > > > a > > > > single .msi so "from the outside" it seems to work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My target is that the Windows Installer at install time picks > > German, > > > > French > > > > or English strings automatically, depending on the user's current > > "Region > > > > and Language Settings" or instead picks neutral strings when the > > current > > > > user's local setting is neither German, French nor English (for > > example, > > > > "Polish" / "Poland"). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > While light v3 accepts the above line and does not complain in any > > way > > > > (not > > > > even ICE warnings), the Windows Installer picks Germany *always* > > when > > > > running the resulting .msi file on my laptop -- despite the current > > > > setting > > > > of "Polish" / "Poland" in the "Region and Language Settings" > > control > > > > panel. > > > > :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anybody tell me what my fault is? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------- > > > > -- > > > > Come build with us! 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