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Andrey G.A
Andrey G.A

Reputation: 305

Using WixIIsExtension and localization variable errors on building localized installer

When using the WixIIsExtension for WiX MSI project, for building localized installer (ru-RU culture, for example), I got a lot of such errors:

I have the workaround for it - installing IIS application is organized as separate merge module without localizations. When I build WiX MergeModule project with using WixIIsExtension - it's OK.

But what is the reason of errors inside MSI project? Would it be fixed in later versions of WiX?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1485

Answers (1)

Nikolay
Nikolay

Reputation: 12235

The IIS extension messages are not localized into russian. You can just specify a "fallback" culture, so that existing (English) messages are used. In the project settings, set "ru-RU,en-US" in the "Cultures to build", instead of just "ru-RU".

See more about fallback cultures: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/specifying_cultures_to_build.html

These non-localized strings of the iis extension are just shown for a fraction of a second when progress bar runs, and in the log files.

Anyways, you could also provide the translations yourself (or wait until they are provided :) To translate yourself, you could download the wix source code (wix39-debug.zip), then copy the file named wix39-debug\src\ext\IIsExtension\wixlib\en-us.wxl into your project (as ru-RU.wxl), include it in project, and then translate English strings.

Upvotes: 2

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