For the guys in Microsoft that are big enough to have a gazillion languages, I've seen the push towards multiple MSI packages.
-----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 09:14 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Localisation I would be interested in finding out how anyone else does this. Most Microsoft applications seem to be shipped on one language per install, I would prefer not to do that as it seems unnecessary and the sales guys hate the idea of creating lots of different product CDs. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 December 2008 17:01 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Localisation Torch has been written by guys that think mostly in terms of patching. Changing a ProductCode in a patch would be bad, I think they forgot about the case where torch is used standalone. I'll follow up this week. -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 23:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Localisation I read that and at first it made sense but as it doesn't put it in context I chose to ignore it! I can see it makes sense if the French install should run side-by-side with German but if the only difference is the install wizard UI and this is controlled via a transform not separate MSI I would expect to see the same ProductCode. In fact when you run torch if displays a warning if you are changing the ProductCode advising against it, so someone agrees with me. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 December 2008 01:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Localisation Neil Sleightholm wrote: > 2. Every time I run light it will create a new product code but I don't > want that, I want one product code and simply install with a different > UI language. From what I have read this seems to be a valid approach. > The MSI SDK disagrees. In fact, it's unusually unambiguous [emphasis mine]: A localized product is considered a different product. For example, the German and English versions of an application are considered two different products and /must /have different product codes. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
