The issue was that I was using Wix V2 version of light.exe. Could you please provide me a pointer to the syntax for doing the same with Wix v2 version? I'm guessing there should have been some way to do the string localization with V2 too...
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > I don't know if it as simple as removing the quotes or not: > > <UI> > <Error Id="25001">!(loc.Error_25001)</Error> > </UI> > > Also, your light.exe commandline looks more like WiX v2 instead of WiX v3. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 7:57 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] End dialog UI > > 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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