is it possible to create a multilanguage installer using WIX?

Question

是否可以使用WIX创建多语言安装程序？

Answer 1

You can do this without bootstrapper, if you create embedded transformations, and MSI installer will automatically apply one of them, according to your system locale.

For complete details & scripts, please, follow this link:

http://www.geektieguy.com/2010/03/13/create-a-multi-lingual-multi-language-msi-using-wix-and-custom-build-scripts/

They say, it is undocumented feature of Microsoft Installer, so please, be careful using it.

Answer 2

It may not be impossible, but it is likely very, very difficult to author an MSI with Wix where the UI language is determined at runtime. Wix is all about build-time localization, ie you can easily create different MSIs, each with its own UI language, from the same source files.

Answer 3

Apparently there is a solution to your problem using WIX. What you need to do is to create a bootstrap loader. There is a tool called Setupbld.exe that helps with that. You can read more on John Robbins' Blog .

Answer 4

Absolutely. First, your .msi must have all the transforms from foreign-language MSIs embedded into it (see Embedded Transforms ). This can be done with Microsoft's MsiTran.exe and WiSubStg.vbs , mentioned in the GeekTieGuy link elsewhere in this post.

Second, your .wxs file's Package element must contain a Languages attribute with a comma-delimited list of all your supported locale IDs, eg

Languages="1033,1031,3082,1036,1040,1041,1042,1043,1046,1049,2052,1028"

Now you can double-click the .msi on a foreign language system and have it automatically come up in the correct language