[wix-users] Multi-language installer - custom bootstrapper

[viharika reddy]

Hi Jacob,

>>>> If you're already creating a bundle, why are you worrying about the
MSI?
I am not creating the bundle here. I am creating a simple bootstrapper
application (my own) which launches the MSI based on the language
selection. Is Wix bundle has the capability to display language selection
and launch the MSI accordingly?

>>>> Are these installer localizations or localizations on the installed
application?
These are installer localizations. During installation, if I select
Japanese language in Windows English locale OS, the MSI dialog text should
be in Japanese. The MSI dialog text should be based on the language
selection by the user and not based on the OS locale.

Please let me if you need more information. And correct me if I am wrong.

-Viharika

On Wed, 26 Feb, 2020, 11:40 PM Hoover, Jacob, <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> If you're already creating a bundle, why are you worrying about the MSI?
> Are these installer localizations or localizations on the installed
> application?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of viharika reddy via wix-users
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> Cc: viharika reddy <viharikareddygopu at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] Multi-language installer - custom bootstrapper
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know whether I am following a right approach or not to
> create a multi-lang installer(English and Japanese). I am following below
> approach.
>
> *Package creation:*
>
>    1. Default language is set to English in my product.wxs file.
>    2. Creating the msi package
>    3. Creating Japanese localized msi package using "-dcodepage=932" and
>    "-cultures:ja-JP" options.
>    4. Generating a transform file (1041.mst) using torch by passing the
>    above two msi packages(English and Japanese)
>    5. Creating a simple bootstrapper application with language selection
>    dialog. Now my package contains
>       1. msi package
>       2. 1041.mst file (japanese) and
>       3.  setup.exe (bootstrapper)
>
> *Note*: I am not including Japanese msi in my package
>
> *Installation:*
>
>    1. setup.exe displays a lang-selection dialog upon its launching.
>    2. If user selects "English" then msi will be launched as "msiexex /i
>    product.msi"
>    3. If user selects "Japanese" then msi will launched as "msiexe /i
>    product.msi 1041.mst"
>
>
> Could please confirm that I am following a right process here to create a
> multi-language installer? Please let me know if there is any better
> approach or any drawbacks in my current process.
>
> -Viharika
>
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