MSI does not support unicode database and requires single ANSI code page for a database. As Western European languages shares a single code page 1252, it is possible to make a single MSI for multiple languages. But CJK or other languages use their own code page. E.g. Japanese 932, Korean 949, Simplified Chinese 936, Traditional Chinese 950, etc. So you cannot make a single MSI for other than Western European languages. AFAIK, using MST or multiple MSI are the only solution.
It can be useful if we can use Codepage 65001 (UTF-8) and it works only in Western European Windows, though. If system default code page (for non-unicode applications) is not 1252, 65001 is not available, which means CJK Windows does not recognize 65001. 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. 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 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 invest resources in porting to wix. However the wix localization info I've read so far seems to point to separate installers for each language. Are there any examples of how to author a multi-language msi using the wix syntax/tool set? thanks -john ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
