Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-05-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-May-12 04:22, Kristjan Laane wrote: > I looked at the docs for the Product element and it is not clear to me from > this URL whether the Name property, for instance, is formatted or not: It turns into the ProductName property, which cannot itself contain property references. -- sig://boB h

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-05-02 Thread Kristjan Laane
me know, or if im looking at the wrong documentation, please let me know as well. Ta, Kristjan -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 02 May 2012 03:50 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file On

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 17:03, Kristjan Laane wrote: > Thanks for the info Bob - but what determines whether a localized string is > formatted or not? Whether it appears in a field that's documented as being formatted. Many fields are but some are required to be string literals and aren't formatted, so prop

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-04-28 Thread Kristjan Laane
seems like a rather large limitation to me. Atb, Kristjan -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 28 April 2012 21:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file On 28-Apr-12 07:20, Kristjan Laane

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 07:20, Kristjan Laane wrote: > But I could not get the property to work as well: !(loc.Message_Foo) still > returns the static unevaluated string for me, being literally "Foo blah blah > [Property1]". That means you're trying to use properties in a string that isn't formatted. -- sig

[WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-04-28 Thread Kristjan Laane
Dear Experts After failing to use $(var.x) in my localization file, I tried to use utilize properties as suggested here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6827931/is-it-possible-to-pass-variable-t o-wix-localization-file But I could not get the property to work as well: !(loc.Message_Foo) s