In general the given WiX translation should fit the UI already and I'd consider only doing a short test of the given WiX translation. Maybe check if the longest string (checked with Orca or InstEd in table Error) fits. For the custom strings the same...
Regarding language placeholders and layout. Had an interesting discussion with our guy from documentation and his recommendations about needed space for the different languages. All values are experience based may vary for certain strings. His recommendations are: Calculating twice as much space as english for a string placeholder should be ok. Russian seems to be the language needing most space (approx. 1,9 as much as English), Spanish and French follow thereafter with approx. 1,5 and German with 1,4. Chinese for example is very short as they have few characters for longer terms like e.g. 火车站 for "train station"... Btw: User settings may lead to different Windows Installer layouts 2011/5/10 Francisco Gabriel Malbrán <fgmalb...@gmail.com>: > Thank you very much Pally and Christopher. > > I am indeed intending to test texts & layout as part of the localization > task. The information about Orca and InstEd was really helpful, I didn't > know about that. However, it seem to not resolve the how to preview the > ErrorDlg, since the message to be shown there may vary and the previewers > (from Orca and from InstEd) show a generic text instead of any error text > (makes sense). I've seen that I can manually replace that text there but I > need something more straightforward for my localization team. I'm searching > for a way to do this using these editors now. > > The information on testing installations with VMs was really interesting > anyway. Thanks! > > Francisco Malbrán > > 2011/5/10 Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com> > >> As an aside, I also recommend Hyper-V. It's also free and the latest R2 >> SP1 adds the capabilities for dynamic memory allocation. The advantage in >> Hyper-V to me is that it has much broader hardware support ( pretty much >> everything on the Windows HCL list ) where VMWare is more picky. >> >> For those with more money to spend, hypervisors are pretty much commodity >> items now and the real magic is in the provisioning automation that you put >> around them. At my day job we use a system called VMLogix Labmanager which >> allows me to create template and configurations for automating the >> deployment of all sorts of images. If you are a TFS user then is also some >> pretty cool synergy between System Center Virtual Machine Manager and TFS. >> ( Think of a build that auto deploys a system, then some automated >> integration tests fail and a defect is automatically logged in the work item >> system. Later a developer open the bug to work on it and he has the >> deployed VM available to him on the spot. ) >> >> >> --- >> 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 >> >> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> wrote: >> >> >> From: Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Testing the UI >> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < >> wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:45 AM >> >> >> How do you mean test exactly? If you only want to check the text & layout >> of dialogs you can preview them using Orca or InstEd! >> The recommended approach for installation testing is to use virtual >> machines -> >> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/09/24/test-your-setups-virtually/ >> In addition to the products Bob A. recommends I'd add VMWare's ESXi (now >> known as vSphere Hypervisor) if you have hardware which it supports as it's >> pretty damn impressive as well as free. >> >> Palbinder Sandher >> Software Deployment Engineer >> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 >> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 >> >> http://www.iesve.com >> **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** >> Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. >> SC151456 >> Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow >> G20 0SP >> Email Disclaimer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Francisco Gabriel Malbrán [mailto:fgmalb...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 09 May 2011 20:03 >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: [WiX-users] Testing the UI >> >> Hello there. >> >> I've been struggling around this subject for some time now, and I'm >> wondering >> about the best approach to follow on achieving such objective. >> Right now, what I am thinking on is to mock all the installer by >> customizing >> the entire dialog set and placing all the dialogs one behind the other (so >> they >> can be tested on localization matters).Yet this is a partial solution >> because of >> all possible error messages. Besides makes me feel like a cave man >> intending >> to >> make fire :). >> >> Is there any recommended approach on the matter? >> >> Any previous experience story or custom approach would also be good :). >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> Francisco >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software >> The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network >> management toolset available today. 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