One thing I remember the MSI team mentioning was that certain system dialogs the Windows Installer puts up will show up with boxes because the Windows Installer does not understand the UTF-8 codepage. Basic UI maybe... I forget the specific dialogs (if they even said)?
Tony Hoyle wrote: > DEXK JAHN, GXbor wrote: > >> With 65001, I could successfully create an installer that does >> display Unicode characters not covered by any of the other, >> officially supported codepages. However, I can only test it on a US >> XP. I'm worried about other, localized versions of Windows, most >> notably the CJK version because somebody has just mentioned that >> 65001 would not function there. Consequently, if anybody builds an >> MSI with that localized WXL, it will display differently depending on >> the operating system of the user. And this is a Bad Thing. >> > > I've done some testing on different localised windows with a 65001 MSI > (Chinese and Arabic), and can find no compatibility issues at all (with > an XP SP2 out of the box install). > > I can't vouch for Windows 2000.. and I can bet it doesn't Work on > Win9x/Me.. but for me those aren't currently a priority. > > There may be issues that affect features I haven't used.. codepage 65001 > isn't 'officially' suported in any way, so YMMV of course. > > Tony > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
