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Ray Dey
Ray Dey

Reputation: 885

Is it possible to change the language code of WiX depending on what language the OS is in?

I already know about the UserLanguageID and SystemLanguageID properties, but is there any way I could put this number into the language attribute of the Product tag?

I'm probably either doing something very wrong, or it can't be done.

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1661

Answers (2)

Paul Lalonde
Paul Lalonde

Reputation: 5050

UserLanguageID and SystemLanguageID are runtime properties, ie they don't exist until the MSI actually runs. The product's language code, on the other hand, is determined when the MSI is generated by the Wix toolset. AFAIK there's no way to change it dynamically.

Short answer: it can't be done.

Upvotes: 1

saschabeaumont
saschabeaumont

Reputation: 22426

You're not very clear about what it is you're trying to do... however I use something like the following. Don't know if this will help?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<WixLocalization Culture="en-us" Codepage="1252" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization">
    <String Id="Language">en-US</String>
    <!-- .... -->
</WixLocalization>



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
    <Product Id="*"
             UpgradeCode="$(var.Property_UpgradeCode)"
             Name="!(loc.ApplicationName)"
             Language="!(loc.Property_ProductLanguage)"
             Version="$(var.version)"
             Manufacturer="!(loc.ManufacturerName)" >
        <!-- .... -->
    </Product>
</Wix>

Upvotes: 0

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