Hi,
I struggled with this concept a month back when I first started.
You would want to use a bootstrapping tool (I use autoit) in order to apply the
transform to the installer, instead of having a dialog within wix. As the
transform happens at the launch of the msi.
Below is some example code that you can compile in autoit, which I have created
for this very purpose:
------------------------
#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AutoIt Version: 3.3.6.1
Author: David Amey
Script Function:
language selector utility to apply transform to msi, and add lcid value
in registry.
#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Script Start - Add your code below here
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt('MustDeclareVars',1)
Global $productName = "Enter a name here"
Global $install, $cancel, $lang, $selected
languageSelector()
Func languageSelector()
Local $msg
GUICreate($productName,300, 110)
;textBox
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Please select the language you would like to
install",10,10)
;combo box
$lang = GUICtrlCreateCombo("",15,40,180)
;the "|" character enables you to list the languages in the combo box.
the third element is the default selection for the combo box
GUICtrlSetData(-1,"English - UK|English - US|French|Italian","English -
US")
;install button
$install = GUICtrlCreateButton("Install",180,80,50)
;cancel button
$cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",240,80,50)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
Select
Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
Exit
Case $msg = $install
$selected = GUICtrlRead($lang)
lcid()
Exit
Case $msg = $cancel
Exit
EndSelect
WEnd
GUIDelete()
EndFunc
;translates selected language into correct lcid value which is stored in
registry (you may need as well)
Func lcid()
;there is prob a better way to do this translation process,
Local $code
;dont currently have en-gb.mst
If $selected = "English - UK" Then
$selected = "2057"
$code = "en-gb"
ElseIf $selected = "English - US" Then
$selected = "1033"
ElseIf $selected = "French" Then
$selected = "1036"
$code = "fr-fr"
ElseIf $selected = "Italian" Then
$selected = "1040"
$code = "it-it"
EndIf
;enters the lcid value in the registry.
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\YourInstaller","lcid","REG_SZ",$selected)
;--if the selected language isn’t us English then it will apply a
transform, if not, then it won't need a transform applied to it.
if $selected <> "1033" Then
RunWait('msiexec TRANSFORMS="' & @ScriptDir & '\'&$code&'.MST"
/i"' & @ScriptDir & '\YourInstaller.msi"')
Else
ShellExecute(@ScriptDir & '\YourInstaller.msi')
EndIf
EndFunc
------------------------------------- end of code
Hope this helps.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: lxy.su...@gmail.com [mailto:lxy.su...@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 October 2010 10:07
To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] [Multiple- languanges support] Combox and TRANSFORMSissues
Hi,
I am a new commer of Wix and now I am trying to use a ComBox to support
multiple languages when displaying the installer wizard.
The value user choose can be passed to the property I set, but the issues is
that how can I change the public property -TRANSFORMS to the .mst file I just
choose?
Is anyone have a better solution to do that?
Thanks!
Ps, I have already embeded the mst file into the msi, and the combox samples
are as follows:
*<**ComboBox Property="*TRANSFORMS *"**>*
*<**ListItem Text="English" Value=":en-us.mst" />*
**
*<ListItem Text="Spanish" Value=":es-es.mst"** />*
*<**ListItem Text="Japanese" Value="jp-jp.mst"** />*
*</**ComboBox>*
**
<Dialog Id="LanguageChooseDialog" Height="97" Width="217" Title="Installer
Language" NoMinimize="yes">
*<**Control Id="LanguageChooseComboBox" Type="ComboBox" X="52" Y="48" Width=
"156" Height="10" ComboList="yes" Property="***TRANSFORMS ***" Sorted="no"
RightToLeft="yes"**>*
*<**Text>English</Text**>*
*</**Control**>*
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