I'm hitting some issues with localization.
I created error 25001 as follows and called MsiProcessMessage from a custom
action:
<UI>
<Error Id="25001">"!(loc.Error_25001)"</Error>
</UI>
And created a file named wix_eng.wxl with the following content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<WixLocalization Culture="en-US" Codepage="1252" xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization"; >
<String Id="Error_25001" Overridable="yes">English - Error string
25001</String>
</WixLocalization>
Linked the wxl using
light.exe -nologo -v -w1 -wx EP.wixobj wixui.wixlib -loc WixUI_en-us.wxl
-loc ..\Package\wix_eng.wxl -out EP_English.msi
Now when I run EP_English.msi, I get a message window as expected, but the
error text displayed in it is !(loc.Error_25001) instead of the expected
localized string. I tried following the steps mentioned in this site for
localization, but I'm not sure why it is not working...
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson2.php#2.6. How do I show localized
custom error messages using MsiProcessMessage?
Can you please help me with this?
Thanks,
Pratap.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote:
> To use your new error 25001 you need to call (something in your custom
> action that will eventually call) MsiProcessMessage passing it the
> INSTALLMESSAGE_ERROR value and a record that includes your error number as
> described in the page http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa371614.aspx.
>
> The custom action itself shouldn't return 25001. It should return the
> documented return values for the type of custom action you created.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:28 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; Pratap Sanaga
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] End dialog UI
>
> Thanks Nick!
>
> I want to end the installation(in case of failure) with a custom message
> like "Installation failed with 0x80240437. Please check that your system
> clock is showing the correct time and retry installation again."
>
> I created a localizable error table with error code 25001 for the above
> message. I'm not able to figure out how to link this custom error 25001 to
> the MSI UI so that the message pops up on the UI.
>
> This link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368554(VS.85).aspx,
> talks about 25000 to 30000 error codes for authors of custom actions. So,
> if
> I return a specific 25001 error from my custom action that fails the
> installation, what more should I do for the corresponding message to show
> up
> in the UI?
>
> Thanks,
> Pratap.
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > You could get the WixUI_Minimal.wxs file from the WiX source code, save
> it
> > to
> > your project under a different name, like "CustomWixUI_Minimal.wxs". Open
> > it
> > up and change the UI element's Id to "CustomWixUI_Minimal".
> >
> > <UI Id="CustomWixUI_Minimal">
> >
> > Add a UIRef element to your main .wxs file with an Id that matches.
> >
> > <UIRef Id="CustomWixUI_Minimal" />
> >
> > Going back to CustomWixUI_Minimal.wxs, comment out the Welcome dialog.
> >
> > <!--<DialogRef Id="WelcomeEulaDlg" />-->
> >
> > That should just leave you with the dialogs that show the progress bar,
> the
> > message at the end and handle any errors.
> >
> > <DialogRef Id="ErrorDlg" />
> > <DialogRef Id="FatalError" />
> > <DialogRef Id="FilesInUse" />
> > <DialogRef Id="MsiRMFilesInUse" />
> > <DialogRef Id="PrepareDlg" />
> > <DialogRef Id="ProgressDlg" />
> > <DialogRef Id="ResumeDlg" />
> > <DialogRef Id="UserExit" />
> >
> >
> >
> > psanaga wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm trying to find out which UI library would be most suitable for my
> > > project. Currently I use LimitUI property in the wix file and with this
> > > property, I don't get an end dialog which informs the user about
> > > success/failure of the installation. I want to add another modal dialog
> > > which would inform the user about success or failure and also a help
> text
> > > to
> > > the user in case of a failure.
> > >
> > > I tried using WixUI_Minimal dialog library, but it has lot of
> unnecessary
> > > dialogs that I don't need(start and license screens). I just want a
> > simple
> > > UI with which the user wouldn't have to interact at all, except for the
> > > end
> > > dialog. How can I do this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Pratap.
> > >
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