[wix-users] WiX Localization bug in Light.exe ?

[Joseph L. Casale]

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Alan Sinclair
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 7:07 PM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>;
sean.farrow at seanfarrow.co.uk
Subject: [wix-users] WiX Localization bug in Light.exe ?

> light.exe -cultures:jp-JP -loc mystrings-jp-JP.wxl -ext WixUIExtension
>  -ext WixUtilExtension  base.wixobj

Try ja-jp, see https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/src/ext/UIExtension/wixlib/WixUI_ja-jp.wxl.

> *C:\build\work\eca3d12b\wix3\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib*\ErrorDlg.wxs(9)
> :
> error LGHT0102 : The localization variable !(loc.ErrorDlgErrorText) is
> unknown.  Please ensure the variable is defined.
> C:\build\work\eca3d12b\wix3\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\ErrorDlg.wxs(10) :
> error LGHT0102 : The localization variable !(loc.WixUIYes) is unknown.
> Please ensure the variable is defined.
> .. and many many more
> 
> This is run from the command line not Visual Studio. Weird part is that the
> location *C:\build\work\eca3d12b\wix3* does not exist here .. so maybe
> either there's a bug in light's Japanese culture support or I've missed
> setting some environment variable or other support.

The error is not a pointer to your source, it's a pointer to wix source. 

jlc