I created an installer using Votive and told it to build English and Spanish cultures. I ended up with two MSIs. Is there a way to tell it to build 1 MSI and 2 MSTs? I was able to run Torch from the command line to get there but I was wondering if there was an easier way.
If you happeen to own InstallShield you can create a fake Basic MSI with a multilingual story and then drop your WiX MSI on top of your IS MSI and get the best of both worlds. If you are distributing a compressed setup.exe you can still do this if you have IS 2011 Premiere. The trick is to use the precompression build event to do the swap out. --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Tobias S <tobias.s1...@gmail.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 4:30:32 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multilanguage install Hi Francesco, Here some information to your questions RTL (Right to left language support in WiX) which you need for arabic (and hebrew) WiX by default: Uses default left to right for these languages. Otherwise you must redesign all dialogs to the new layout which is not done by default. Assume this needs some effort to do so and do a good layout for these dialogs. Here it depends on how important these lanugages appear (in fact it is only arabic and hebrew for the WiX languages). In tramontana some effort for a custom script was done to do so. See http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/loc/index.php in section (tfeL ot thgiR). For the localization approach described on InstallSite. First of all I don't prefer it as there is e.g. no ability for a "Select Language" dialog. Also I want to emphasis that this is an undocumented feature! I got a short test working as described on InstallSite (http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/articles/embeddedlang/index.htm) : For 1. and 2.) I created a MSI (Setup.msi) and a german MST (de-DE.mst). For 3.) I embedded the Transform with wisubstg.vbs Setup.msi de-DE.mst 1031 For 4.) This was a bit tricky. First I tried cscript WiLangId.vbs Setup.msi Package 1033,1031. Then I got an error "Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid." So I did the settings using Orca (View -> Summary Information... -> there changed Laanguages to 1033,1031 and saved the package afterwards) This should work. If you don't get it working what then happens when only applying the transform ? ( msiexec /i setup.msi TRANSFORMS=de-DE.mst ) Regards Tobias 2011/3/17 Francisco Gabriel Malbrán <fgmalb...@gmail.com>: > Hello Wix users. This is my first time around. I've been playing for a while > now and after lots > of "do not write to the list stupid questions before you think they are not > stupid anymore" I think > I really need your help. > All related to localization of course. I separate the original question in > two: > > A) How can I make the multilanguague work?? (I'm trying hard, I swear) > > Can you please explain in more detail how did you manage to make this work? > > I am using WiX 3.5 in Windows 7 and I just can't find a way to make my msi > file autodetect > the language of the OS. It always starts in the default language, english. > > I've tried a lot of things, for example: > - http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixWindowsInstallerDemo3.aspx > - >http://www.geektieguy.com/2010/03/13/create-a-multi-lingual-multi-language-msi-using-wix-and-custom-build-scripts/ >/ > - things explained in this book: >http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/-/9781849513722/localizing-your-installer/ch12lvl1sec06(of >f > course, the complete version) > - my own mixed versions of all I read in different places. > - more > > Michael, can you explain what you say at the end, about changing the > SummaryInfo properties? > did you simply use the script as referenced in > http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/articles/embeddedlang/index.htm? > > I used the Windows 7 SDK script > > cscript.exe utils\WiLangId.vbs installer.msi Package 1033,1034 > > then open the .msi with Orca and search for 1034. I get nothing. (Not to say > that obviusly, the > installer still launches in english in my spanish OS. > > B) Does WiX offer some way of Mirroring the user interface? For example, > suppose I want my > installer to be localized to arabic or some language that is read from right > to left. How can I make > the interface inverted so text are correctly aligned and images are shown in > a mirrored fashion? > (or for example, other images are shown instead of the "traditionals"). > > If you help me with this I will be the happiest guy ever. I'm telling you, > this is driving me crazy! > > Thanks in advance. > > > > From: Michael Tissington <michael_tissington@ci...> - 2011-03-14 14:18 > > Thanks - I was using a script to create the transform but when I use torch > it works great :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] > Sent: 12 March 2011 13:07 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multilanguage install > > Hi, Just did a build with the same things in our build environment. > The two MSIs differ only in (except language string) Product Language > Property (1033 and 1040). The transform then is created with Torch.exe -t > Language "en-US\SetupProject.msi" "it-IT\SetupProject.msi" -out > "en-US\it-IT.mst". Did you use the "-t Language" parameter here ? > >> I then created a transform between my 1033 and 1040 and embedded it >> into the >> 1033 with a name of 1040 >> I then set the Languages in the Summary Info to '1033,1040' > > Never did it the way as described > inhttp://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/articles/embeddedlang/index.htm > . But at first glance the way you tried it seems similar to the described > way. > > What happens if you build the italian and english package and afterwards > create the transform as described above and apply it to the english package > in the form msiexec /i SetupProject.msi TRANSFORMS=it-IT.mst ? > > > > 2011/3/11 Michael Tissington <michael_tissing...@ciqual.com>: >> Hi I'm having problems with creating an msi that works for different > locals. >> Below is an extract from the log file >> >> I have created an msi for each language, changing the Language in the >> Product element to 1033 and 1040 >> >> I can run both the 1033 and 1040 msi on the machine and they display >> the correct language >> >> I then created a transform between my 1033 and 1040 and embedded it >> into the >> 1033 with a name of 1040 >> I then set the Languages in the Summary Info to '1033,1040' >> >> I change my regional settings and then try to run the resulting msi >> and it fails. >> >> Any ideas what I've missed please? >> >> >> ------------------------- >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:256]: APPCOMPAT: looking for appcompat >> database entry with ProductCode '{15FA6484-DB24-460C-97D5-89CA132144D7}'. >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:256]: APPCOMPAT: no matching ProductCode >> found in database. >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: MSCOREE not loaded loading copy from >> system32 >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Machine policy value >> 'TransformsSecure' is 0 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: User policy >> value 'TransformsAtSource' is 0 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: >> Machine policy value 'DisablePatch' is 0 MSI (c) (F4:94) >> [15:30:26:271]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownPatch' is >> 0 >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Machine policy value >> 'DisableLUAPatching' is >> 0 >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Machine policy value >> 'DisableFlyWeightPatching' is 0 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: >> Looking for storage transform: 1040 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: >> Validating transform '1040' with validation bits 0x1 MSI (c) (F4:94) >> [15:30:26:271]: Note: 1: 2745 2: 1040 3: >> C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\d6082c.msi 4: 1033 5: 1040 MSI (c) >> (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: 1: 2745 2: 1040 3: >> C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\d6082c.msi 4: 1033 5: 1040 MSI (c) >> (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Note: 1: 2729 >> DEBUG: Error 2745: Transform 1040 invalid for package >> C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\d6082c.msi. Expected language 1033, >> found language 1040. >> 1: 2745 2: 1040 3: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\d6082c.msi 4: 1033 > 5: >> 1040 >> Errore nell'applicazione dei trasformatori. Verificare che i percorsi >> dei trasformatori specificati siano validi. >> 1040 >> MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Note: 1: 1708 MSI (c) (F4:94) >> [15:30:26:271]: Note: 1: 2729 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Note: 1: >> 2729 MSI (c) (F4:94) [15:30:26:271]: Product: Session Insight -- >> Installation failed. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your >> organization - today and in the future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your > organization - today and in the future.http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing >listWiX-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >s > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
