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Johannes
Johannes

Reputation: 403

WiX: new languages for UtilExtension

in our WiX 3.8 project (creating an MSI) , we'd like to have new languages like es-es, fr-fr, ru-ru, etc.

After adding the files and building I get the following error multiple times saying that the variable is not defined: "1>C:\src\wix38\src\ext\UtilExtension\wixlib\UtilExtension.wxs(54,0): error LGHT0102: The localization variable !(loc.msierrXmlFileFailedRead) is unknown. Please ensure the variable is defined."

Same error for those variables also: !(loc.msierrXmlFileFailedOpen), !(loc.msierrXmlFileFailedSelect), !(loc.msierrXmlFileFailedSave), !(loc.msierrSecureObjectsFailedCreateSD), !(loc.msierrSecureObjectsFailedSet), !(loc.msierrSecureObjectsUnknownType)

So I created a modified version of WiX. I downloaded the sources and added the corresponding language files (fr-fr.wxl, es-es.wxl, etc) into that folder: \src\ext\UtilExtension\wixlib
I also changed \src\ext\UtilExtension\wixlib\UtilExtension.wixproj so that it includes those files.
Then I built everything successfully, copied the new files into wix installation directory, restarted visual studio and built again - with exactly the same error.

What did I do wrong?!

Btw: I found a workaround by referencing the new language files (fr-fr.wxl etc) in the wixproj file, but I don't see this as a final solution.

Any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2335

Answers (3)

Kirumata
Kirumata

Reputation: 195

I faced the same problem, and maybe my solution will be userfull to somebody. There is no localization to this variables (msierrXmlFileFailedSelect etc) in fr-fr and es-es cultures, that's the key. You need to find files UtilExtension_fr-fr.wxl and UtilExtension_es-es.wxl and include them to your project OR copy the localization of this variables from this .wxl files to localization files in your project.

Upvotes: 0

Marcus Martins
Marcus Martins

Reputation: 424

As a solution can be downloaded en-us.wxl language file and modify it any references to your language indicated cultures.

Repository with extension WXL files: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/tree/develop/src/ext/UtilExtension/wixlib

In light pass control these parameters with the path of your file with translation strings: light -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension -ext WixFirewallExtension -cultures:pt-br -loc D:\pt-br.wxl ...

Upvotes: 1

Rick Bowerman
Rick Bowerman

Reputation: 1884

I had/have the same problem, some googling turned up that the extensions aren't all translated yet.

Upvotes: 0

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