As far as I can see, the standard texts are all marked with Overridable="yes" attribute. If you override a particular string, you usually omit this attribute, and your value will replace the one defined in the standard extension.
By the way, I just noticed you say "we reference ... and WixUI_en-us.wxl". Is this the one from the WiX sources? If so, you should not reference it explicitly. Just mention the WiXUIExtension in the list of extensions for light.exe, and the toolset will do the rest of the job. In this case, I think your custom strings will override those in standard WiX extensions. If you specify a number of the same strings throughout your project, I doubt the sequence is predictable - it might be "the last wxl mentioned takes preference". It's better looking into WiX code to find exact answer... Hope this helps, -- Yan -----Original Message----- From: pmarkey [mailto:paul_mar...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, 07 June, 2010 19:14 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Use a custom localization file to overwrite default forerror code In our project using "light" we reference two localization files: CUSTOM_WixUI_en-us.wxl and WixUI_en-us.wxl In most cases we create a custom localization and place them in the CUSTOM_WixUI_en-us.xml and then reference them when necessary. In this instance I want to modify the text of an error code that is not explicitly referenced. Therefore I can't create a custom error code and reference it directly. So I would like to create a reference in our custom localization file that will overwrite what is in the default WixUI_en-us.xml file. So that when the error is called by the system it will output the custom text. In this case I want to override the following error code in the default WixUI_en-us.wxl file: <String Id="Error1730">You must be an Administrator to remove this application. To remove this application, you can log on as an Administrator, or contact your technical support group for assistance.</String> Is there a way to ensure the system will use the custom version of Error1730 instead of the default version found in the WixUI_en-us.wxl file without modifying the default version directly? Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Use-a-cust om-localization-file-to-overwrite-default-for-error-code-tp5149782p51497 82.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
