Please ignore the previous mail about localization issues. I was using light.exe from Wix V2.0, so I was not seeing localized strings. Once I started using Wix 3.0 toolset, I'm able to see the localized texts. Thanks for the help folks! Thanks Blair and Nick!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Pratapa Reddy Sanaga < pratap.san...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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