[wix-users] Bootstrapper localization not working

[Juan Galvan]

Hi all,

I'm experimenting with making my bootstrapper localizable, and failing
miserably...

I'm using the standard bootstrapper like this:

    <BootstrapperApplicationRef
Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense">
      <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
LicenseFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)license.rtf"

LogoFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)logo.png"

ThemeFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)1033\thm.xml"

LocalizationFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)1033\thm.wxl" />

      <Payload Id="thm_dk" Name="3082\thm.wxl"  Compressed="yes"
SourceFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)3082\thm.wxl" />
      <Payload Id="thmx_dk" Name="3082\thm.xml" Compressed="yes"
SourceFile="$(var.InstallerSourceFolder)3082\thm.xml" />


And while I can control, make changes and see results for the 1033 locale,
when I run my installer with the *-lang 3082 *argument it won't show any UI
and the logs show this:

[481C:1E28][2021-06-02T20:57:22]i000: Unsetting variable
'WixBundleManufacturer'
[481C:341C][2021-06-02T20:57:22]i000: Setting numeric variable
'WixStdBALanguageId' to value 1033
[481C:341C][2021-06-02T20:57:22]i000: Setting version variable
'WixBundleFileVersion' to value '1.0.0.0'
[481C:341C][2021-06-02T20:57:22]e000: Error 0x8007000d: Failed to load
theme controls.
[481C:341C][2021-06-02T20:57:22]e000: Error 0x80004005: Failed to create
main window.
[481C:1E28][2021-06-02T20:57:22]i500: Shutting down, exit code: 0x4005

Browsing WiX source code it seems like it could be failing in here:
wix3/thmutil.cpp
at develop · wixtoolset/wix3 (github.com)
<https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/src/libs/dutil/thmutil.cpp#L420>
but
I don't get much more details in the logs.

Is there a way I could set the log level to DEBUG or any other hint you can
think of in order to try to get ease the guessing game of _where_ is it
failing?

I also found the theme viewer utility and the .xml file loads just fine in
there...

Any light you can shed on this would be greatly appreciated...

thanks!