Having already done some research, it appears that single-MSI multi-language
installers are not supported by Windows Installer, and thus, not by WiX.
However, the latest information I could find that actually looked definitive
was from 2007, and I'm wondering if there has been any progress since that
time, or if perhaps there is a solution for my very simple case.
99.9% of the payload in my installer is the same between the various languages.
In fact, it is being called silently from a bootstrapper so I don't even care
about UI transformation. The ONLY thing that needs to be translated is the
product name as it appears in "Add/Remove Programs" and the shortcut (including
the folder), i.e.:
<Product Name="!(loc.ProductName)"/>
<Package Description="!(loc.ProductName)"/>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
<Directory Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder" Name="!(loc.ProductName)"/>
</Directory>
<DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
<Component>
<Shortcut Name="!(loc.ProductName)">
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Is there any way to "officially" do this without duplicating the content? I
have four languages to support, and the content is over 400 MB, so it would be
a real waste to create four separate installers. The language of the
application itself can be switched at runtime (using localization resource
files), so we really want to create one DVD with our single installer.
The most helpful workarounds I found (from 2007) are:
http://jpassing.com/2007/06/14/authoring-multi-language-msi-packages/
http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/transforms/morphing-installers
Is this still the state of things? Would those transforms even work with non-UI
transforms? Any better ideas?
Thanks,
Dave
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