Hi, a big thanks for your help Neil. I've got an idea now how to manage the language files.
Andreas Hellwig Neil Enns schrieb: > Andreas, > > You'll need to manually build each localized version of your MSI. Votive > doesn't currently support building multiple installers per language, nor > selecting between them at build time. Here's the information from the "How > To: Build a localized installer" topic in our new help file: > > How To: Build a Localized Version of Your Installer > > Once you have described all the strings in your installer using language > files, as described in How To: Make your installer localizable, you can then > build versions of your installer for each supported language. This how to > explains building the localized installers both from the command line and > using Votive. > > Option 1: Building localized installers from the command line > > The first step in building a localized installer is to compile your WiX > sources using candle.exe: > > candle.exe myinstaller.wxs -out myinstaller.wixobj > After the intermediate output file is generated you can then use light.exe to > generate multiple localized MSIs: > > light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:en-us -loc en-us.wxl -out > myinstaller-en-us.msi > light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:fr-fr -loc fr-fr.wxl -out > myinstaller-fr-fr.msi > The -loc flag is used to specify the language file to use. It is important to > include the -cultures flag on the command line to ensure the correct > localized strings are included for extensions such as WiXUIExtension. > > Option 2: Building localized installers using Votive > > If a single language file is included in your Votive project it will > automatically be used for strings when your MSI is built. > > If you need to localize to multiple languages you will need to manually run > light.exe on the intermediate output from your votive project with the > appropriate command line, as described in Option 1 above. The intermediate > output file is typically located in the obj\ folder under your project, so > the command line will look like this when run from a command window in your > project's obj\ folder: > > light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:en-us -loc ..\en-us.wxl -out > ..\bin\debug\myinstaller-en-us.msi > light.exe myinstaller.wixobj -cultures:fr-fr -loc ..\fr-fr.wxl -out > ..\bin\debug\myinstaller-fr-fr.msi > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Hellwig > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:14 AM > To: WiX-Users > Subject: [WiX-users] Choosing the right language > > Hi, > > i've got another problem. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 to develop my WiX > installer. The installer works fine, but one problem i have left is the > fact that I can't get Visual Studio/WiX to choose the right localization > files according to the language that is set. I have included all my > localization files into the project, some for german string some others > for the english versions. But I allways get a german version even if I > set the language attributes to english (1033). Does anyone have an idea > how to fix that? > > Andreas Hellwig > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
