Re: [WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID

Jeff MacDuff Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:33:24 -0700

I understand the design considerations regarding lang ID and so fourth.

The problem is I recently inherited this code and we are not at a point in the project where I have the time to re-do the setup for this release.. believe me for the next release it will be 100% different.

Anyway, so I fired up orca and took a look at my german MSI

I see my custom action listed in CustomAction table
In the property table I see LCID is set to 1031
In the Launch Condition table I see this: “SystemDefaultUILanguage = 1031OR SystemDefaultUILanguage <> 1033”

So do you think that space inbetwen the 1031 and the or is the problem?

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Dimmick
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:57 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID

Frankly, with multi-lingual UI support (especially multiple preference levels in Vista - see GetSystemPreferredUILanguages) you probably shouldn't do this at all. Allow any version to install on any system. Allow multiple versions to be installed side-by-side, or move to a single binary plus language packs. You might be running on a Terminal Server installed from a localized (non-US-English) CD which supports users using a different non-English UI language - I believe this is possible.

Michael Kaplan (GIFT team) was pretty critical when MSN Toolbar Beta did this (http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/03/366698.aspx).

If you want to ensure that the UI can actually be read - that the fonts required to render it are installed - then you're asking a different question.

See http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/drintl/columns/009/default.mspx#EHF for more.

Actually, it looks like you're missing a space after $(var.LCID), which if WIX is simply doing a macro replacement could cause your condition to be:

SystemDefaultUILanguage = 1025OR SystemDefaultUILanguage <> 1033

which won't make any sense to Windows Installer. Try editing the MSI with Orca to see if this is what's happened.

Mike Dimmick

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff
Sent: 19 September 2006 04:42
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID

I am having trouble getting an install condition based on land ID to work… I have consulted the WIX doc’s and my implementation seems to be correct but since it’s not working I am missing something.

We are building a Multilanguage MSI for a small product and we wish to only allow install on the language of the MSI AND English but not a different language.

For example a Korean (KOR) MSI should be able to install on a Korean language OS and an English (ENU) language OS but not a German(DEU) language OS. At the same time, a DEU MSI should install on English and German (DEU) but not on a Korean (KOR ) OS ,etc… you get the idea.

My condition statement is formatted like this:

Var.LCID is passed in as the build language and 1033 is of course English. What we are seeing is that the MSI’s can install everywhere.

Thanks for help,

Jeff

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