Based on input in this thread I concluded that using embedded transforms
would not work in a Burn driven scenario reliably. At the time I had
difficulty understanding how to allow the packages to be created with
multiple cultures in separate output folders and then pull those back into
the bundle. I posted this question and got good advice.
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Using-external-cab-for-multiple-language-msi-packages-td7596991.html
When a package builds, it uses an external cab file, and builds the output
of that package project to separate culture named output folders (default
behavior of wix).
Then in the bundle's I rename the package like this
<Fragment>
<PackageGroup Id='App'>
<PackageGroupRef Id='App_de_DE'/>
<PackageGroupRef Id='App_en_US'/>
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<PackageGroup Id='App_de_DE'>
<MsiPackage Id='App_de_DE'
...stuff...
SourceFile='de-DE\App.msi'
Name='App\App_de-DE.msi'
</MsiPackage>
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<PackageGroup Id='App_en_US'>
<MsiPackage Id='App_en_US'
...stuff...
SourceFile='_en_US\App.msi'
Name='App\App_en_US.msi'
</MsiPackage>
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
The packages are not compressed so the renamed msi and related external cab
file end up in a sub folder relative to the bundle named App. The tree is
much larger than when transforms are used, but since we stage to a server
and the customer only gets the small bootstrapper exe (and the packages that
their configuration needs), this seems to work for use. Others in this list
mentioned using the transforms external to the msi, but I can't speak to
that process.
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