Re: [WiX-users] Multi language msi

2009-06-13 Thread Neil Sleightholm
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Multi language msi Hello So I've been trying to create a single msi that supports multiple languages. I've managed to create a patch with torch between the default language and the the others I need to support. Now do I have to use "msidb" to

[WiX-users] Multi language msi

2009-06-12 Thread Gilad Israeli
Hello So I've been trying to create a single msi that supports multiple languages. I've managed to create a patch with torch between the default language and the the others I need to support. Now do I have to use "msidb" to merge the transforms into the main msi or can I used come combination of

[WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:30:51 -0700, John Lemire wrote: John, > Maybe those of you more intimately familiar with msi and the wix > tool set already have much better alternate suggestions in mind or > already in place for achieving the same thing that would make > support for that method a completel

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread John Lemire
of others who's names I'm not yet familiar with yet. Appologies for the misunderstanding and many thanks for the great work, commitment, and effort. -john -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:13 AM To: John Lemire

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread Chesong Lee
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lemire Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 11:04 AM To: WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi Yes the hypocrisy of which is not lost on us as Microsoft uses this exceptionally handy feature itself (in the windows inst

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread Rob Mensching
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lemire Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 08:04 To: WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi Yes the hypocrisy of which is not lost on us as Microsoft uses this exceptionally handy feature itself (in the windows installer installer instmsi.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread John Lemire
Behalf Of DEÁK JAHN, Gábor Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:28 PM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:32:20 -0700, Derek Cicerone wrote: Derek, > It's not officially supported by the MSI team (they > discourage people from using it). I'm not

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DEÁK JAHN, Gábor Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:28 PM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:32:20 -0700, Derek Cicerone wrote: Derek, > Its not officially supported by the MSI team (they > discourage people from

[WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:32:20 -0700, Derek Cicerone wrote: Derek, > It’s not officially supported by the MSI team (they > discourage people from using it). I’m not sure why though. Actually, as far as I know, it's naming the transforms according to the codepage numbers (what would make the sel

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: RE: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi Ah ok.  I’m not certain, but I believe I’ve heard two things about that method: It’s not officially supported by the MSI team (they discourage people from using it).  I’m not sure why though. I believe you cannot create a patch

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread John Lemire
Title: RE: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi To make multi-language msi's right now you: 1)Make a normal msi in your primary lanuage (english in my case) 2)Make normal msi's in the other languages. 3)Run MsiTran once each on your primary language and each of your secondary ones. Thi

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread Rob Mensching
> I am still wondering why MSI does not support unicode database in > the current version, if even MSI 3.0 or later does not support > non-unicode based operating systems - Windows 9x. File format changes are never cheap... especially, when you have over 7 years of files that you have to maintai

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread Chesong Lee
operating systems - Windows 9x. Regards, Chesong Lee From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lemire Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi Hi, We are currently using the MsiTran / SummaryInfo

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: Multi-language msi What is the MsiTran SummaryInfo mechanism?   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lemire Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 5:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi   Hi, We are

[WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread John Lemire
Title: Multi-language msi Hi, We are currently using the MsiTran / SummaryInfo mechanism to build a single msi for English, French, German, and Italian. We're being asked to add Japanese, Chinese, and Korean and I was thinking if wix would make this easier maybe now would be a good time to i