Merging threads; just ensuring my reply doesn't get lost. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Williams [mailto:iawil...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 11:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Globalized Bundle?
Hmm, I'm a bit confused here. I'm under the impression that originally .wxl files were used for an MSI in conjunction with a few options passed to light.exe (-cultures:ja-jp -loc <path to ja-jp .wxl file>). And what you get it a Japanese localized MSI (this is all compiled into it). You're saying that the WixStdBA will look for .wxl files at runtime - great! That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for, that should avoid the creation of an installer for each language. But I can't figure out the usage pattern here. If I add things like !(loc.ProductName) to my bundle authoring, light complains that the localization variable !(loc.ProductName) is unknown. So at link time I have to point it to a particular .wxl file... and we're back where we've started! I also tried pointing light to multiple .wxls for each language I want but that doesn't seem to work either. What the piece I'm missing here that allows runtime localization decisions? As an aside, the most important thing for me really is to be able to choose the WiXVariable "WixStdbaLicenseRtf" at runtime based off of the system language. Not sure if even runtime loading of .wxls will accomplish this. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 12:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Globalized Bundle? We do LCID because we still support WinXP SP2 On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Sam Morris <s...@red-redemption.com> wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:50:15 -0800, Rob Mensching wrote: > > > The wixstdba will automatically search for a .wxl file of the system > > language (i.e. look in 1033 directory for english and 1041 for > > german and 1044 for japanese, or are those last two switched?). > > > > Failing to find a matching .wxl file will cause wixstdba to fall > > back to a .wxl in the root. > > > > There are a few bugs about localization open that need to be fixed > > before this works well but you can see the beginnings. > > Would you consider keying translations by the string representation of > the locale name rather than the numeric locale ID? This will allow > more intelligent fallback behaviour. > > Currently if I ship a .wxl file in the 1031 directory (de-DE) then a > user with a UI language setting of 3079 (de-AT) will not see the > German strings, even though they are closer to the user's preferred > language than the default strings. > > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374098 > (v=vs.85).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop > /dd374098%0A%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>> describes the UI language fallback > behaviour in Vista and later. Emulating this on earlier Windows > versions (that lack LOCALE_SPARENT info for a locale) seems > straightforward enough: just chop off the hyphen and anything that > follows. > > -- > Regards, > Sam Morris > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't > need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver > seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one > solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs > and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
