Thanks Chris. You are right about "you need the ability to switch locales after the install has been completed or you have different locales on the same machine for different users." Sorry for the confusion.
Regarding your question "How does this executable determine what CHM file to use?", my answer is that it uses current system locale to determine which CHM file to load. In more detail, I will remove the CHM shortcut from start menu and let users access the help file(s) inside the application. Then it is the application's responsibility to load the right CHM file according to current system locale. I think the MUI-based CHM shortcut I asked in my previous email does not actually exist. :) Thanks Lian -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:28 AM To: wix-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] create a shortcut pointing to different targets according to different locales Lian >>Conditionally installing CHM file according to OS locale does not satisfy the requirement. My goal is that the >>user only install once, then the shortcut works for all locales. It is OK that the shortcut string is English for >>all locales, but this shortcut should load corresponding CHM file for each locale (e.g. ja-jp CHM for ja-jp >>locale, de-de CHM for de-de locale...). >> >>My plan is to install all the CHM files and have one shortcut pointing to an executable which loads corresponding CHM file for different locales. With Davids method, the user would only install once and the correct locale CHM file and corresponding shortcut would be installed at that time. On a ja-jp machine, the ja-jp CHM file would be installed with a ja-jp shortcut. On a de-de machine, the de-de CHM is installed with the de-de shortcut. All from one MSI that only needs to be run once. This sounds like what you want unless you need the ability to switch locales after the install has been completed or you have different locales on the same machine for different users. What reason do you have for having all the locales to be installed when you install the application? A better way of asking maybe this. Your planned solution to your problem involves a call to an executable that determines which CHM to open. How does this executable determine what CHM file to use? Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
