is it possible to create a multilanguage installer using WIX ?
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A:
It may not be impossible, but it is likely very, very difficult to author an MSI with Wix where the UI language is determined at runtime. Wix is all about build-time localization, ie you can easily create different MSIs, each with its own UI language, from the same source files.
Paul Lalonde
2010-02-26 16:10:59
+1 Everything that I have seen shows localization done at build time, with separate localized MSIs being output.
Bryan Batchelder
2010-02-26 19:05:37
But an MSI can have MST files beside it. The MST file transform the MSI to another language.
Ikaso
2010-02-27 07:10:25
@Ikaso That's true, but I don't think it solves the OP's problem because you still need something external to the MSI to decide which MST to apply.
Paul Lalonde
2010-02-27 14:00:44
A:
Apparently there is a solution to your problem using WIX. What you need to do is to create a bootstrap loader. There is a tool called Setupbld.exe that helps with that. You can read more on John Robbins' Blog.
Ikaso
2010-03-02 15:57:35
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A:
You can do this without bootstrapper, if you create embedded transformations, and MSI installer will automatically apply one of them, according to your system locale.
For complete details & scripts, please, follow this link:
They say, it is undocumented feature of Microsoft Installer, so please, be careful using it.
omlin
2010-09-11 17:11:53