Fundamentally, yes. You can optimize a bit by building a .wixout at step 3 then running light with a different .wxl to generate each MSI from the .wixout. That'll save some linking time.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Tony <yellowjacketl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think we are doing this right, but I want to be sure as it seems > painfully tedious. > > Here is a high-level sequence of what we are currently doing to build > a single msi that supports 8 languages (en-us, 4 euro, Japanese and 2 > Chinese scripts)... > > 1. Compile all component binaries. > 2. Build a few wixlibs that contain those components. > 3. Build en-us version of msi (including our custom action dll) > 4. Copy en-us version of the msi so that it becomes our "base" msi > 5. Build a localized version of the msi (built using the existing > en-us version our custom action dll) > 6. Create transform file using msitran.exe > 7. Merge that transform file into our base msi using wisubstg.vbs > 8. Repeat steps 5-7 for remaining 6 languages > 9. Specify supported languages in the merged msi using wilangid.vbs > > The entire process is repeated to generate a x64 version of the msi. > > Does this seem correct? > -- > Tony > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
