I recommend going through the WiX v2.0 tutorial ( http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/) and making a localized project, then convert to WiX 3 format.
That being said, here's the WiX 3 locale files (4 of them have been moved to the new format, the rest you have to modify but those are easy changes). http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=UiExtension#Localization Advertised shortcuts: http://msipackagingforvista.com/what-is-an-advertised-shortcut.html Alex G. On 6/4/08 7:04 AM, "Holmgren Mathias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm totally newbie about WIX. I've just downloaded the last v3 version >> (3.0.2925.0) and I'm playing around with it. > > That's a pretty old release, you get the latest drop here: > http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/ > >> Moreover, if i try to define >> any other Culture in the Light setttings (for instance "es-ES") > I'm >> getting about 500 light errors! . Is there any hint or sample to be > able >> to make a multi-language installer using v3? > > You are probably not linking in the file with the localized Spanish > strings. > >> - I'm not sure to understand how adverstised and unadvertised >> shortcuts work and are defined in WIX. My idea was to made the >> installation visible to all the users in a computer (not just the >> one that executes the installer), so what kind of shortcut should I > use? > > You have to install the application 'per machine' and not 'per user' to > achieve what you want. You do this by setting the ALLUSERS property to 1 > or to use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] attribute and set it to perMachine. > > About shortcuts, start by checking out the Shortcut > <http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Shortcut_Element> element > (Advertise attrib specifically). > > /Mathias > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
