MSBuild with multiple localizations
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Kevin Richardson-5
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Greetings,
Does anyone have an example of building multi-language WiX installers with MSBuild? I've looked at the single-language examples, but what I'd like to do is have a .wixproj that builds an installer in 10+ languages. My current process uses the WiX tools manually through batch files, and basically does the following: 1) build language-neutral MSI 2) set environment variable (used in <Product> language attribute) and build localized MSI for each language (candle/light are called with the appropriate localized .wxl files) 3) generate a transform between the language neutral and localized MSIs 4) embed the transforms into the MSI (I believe that's an undocumented way to do a "language picker") Can this be duplicated (or improved upon) reasonably in a .wixproj? Thanks, -kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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RAYMENT Tim
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Hi Kevin, We use a .wixproj to manage the files in the VS IDE and then have a separate MSBuild script to manage building of our multi-language installers. We start by finding all WiX files <!-- WiX compile target expects a list of wxs files to compile. We just compile all .wxs in the Installation directory--> <ItemGroup> <WiXSourceFiles Include="$(InstallationDirectory)\*.wxs" /> </ItemGroup> We have an ItemGroup of languages defined: <!--List of all languages supported by the installer.--> <ItemGroup> <Language Include="TraditionalChinese"> <Culture>zh-TW</Culture> <Code>1028</Code> <Prefix>TW</Prefix> </Language> <Language Include="German"> <Culture>de-DE</Culture> <Code>1031</Code> <Prefix>DE</Prefix> </Language> ... </ItemGroup> Then use the Candel WiX MSBuild task: <!--Compile the WiX source files--> <Candle SourceFiles="@(WiXSourceFiles)" OutputFile="$(InstallationDirectory)\obj\release\" ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)" DefineConstants="Build=Release;SolutionDir=E:\XXX\Source" /> Then use Light: <!--Batch process all the languages--> <Light ObjectFiles="@(CompileObjOutput)" Cultures="%(Language.Culture)" Extensions="@(WixExtension)" OutputFile="$(InstallerOutputDirectory)\XXX%(Language.Prefix).msi" ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)" /> The key point to note in the last step is the use of %(Language...) which causes Light to be called for each language defined in the ItemGroup. You can then use an <Exec> task to create transforms and embed them back into a language neutral msi. Kind regards, Tim Rayment Senior Software Engineer Oxford Instruments plc Halifax Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3SE, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1494 442255 Email: [hidden email] www.oxford-instruments.com -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Kevin Richardson Sent: 07 May 2008 05:24 To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] MSBuild with multiple localizations Greetings, Does anyone have an example of building multi-language WiX installers with MSBuild? I've looked at the single-language examples, but what I'd like to do is have a .wixproj that builds an installer in 10+ languages. My current process uses the WiX tools manually through batch files, and basically does the following: 1) build language-neutral MSI 2) set environment variable (used in <Product> language attribute) and build localized MSI for each language (candle/light are called with the appropriate localized .wxl files) 3) generate a transform between the language neutral and localized MSIs 4) embed the transforms into the MSI (I believe that's an undocumented way to do a "language picker") Can this be duplicated (or improved upon) reasonably in a .wixproj? Thanks, -kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/j avaone _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users +++ Virus-scanned by MailControl for Oxford Instruments +++ ___________________________________________________________________________ThThis e-mail is confidential and is for the addressee only. Please refer to www.oxinst.com/email-statement for regulatory information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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RAYMENT Tim
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I use $(loc.LCID) where LCID is defined in a custom localization file.
In the Light task add an attribute to specify the localization files. Note we also include the wixui files from WiX2. LocalizationFiles="Path\wixui_%(Language.Culture).wxl;Path\custom_%(Lang uage.Culture).wxl;" Tim Rayment Senior Software Engineer Oxford Instruments plc Halifax Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3SE, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1494 442255 Email: [hidden email] www.oxford-instruments.com -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Richardson [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: 07 May 2008 19:02 To: RAYMENT Tim Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSBuild with multiple localizations One question, Tim... It looks like you only fire candle once. In the <Product> element, there is a Language attribute. Currently for that attribute, I use $(env.langid), set in the batch file before running candle for each language. What do you do for that attribute? Thanks again, -kevin On May 7, 2008, at 12:41 AM, RAYMENT Tim wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > We use a .wixproj to manage the files in the VS IDE and then have a > separate MSBuild script to manage building of our multi-language > installers. > > We start by finding all WiX files > <!-- WiX compile target expects a list of wxs files to compile. > We just compile all .wxs in the Installation directory--> > <ItemGroup> > <WiXSourceFiles Include="$(InstallationDirectory)\*.wxs" /> > </ItemGroup> > > We have an ItemGroup of languages defined: > > <!--List of all languages supported by the installer.--> > <ItemGroup> > > <Language Include="TraditionalChinese"> > <Culture>zh-TW</Culture> > <Code>1028</Code> > <Prefix>TW</Prefix> > </Language> > > <Language Include="German"> > <Culture>de-DE</Culture> > <Code>1031</Code> > <Prefix>DE</Prefix> > </Language> > ... > </ItemGroup> > > Then use the Candel WiX MSBuild task: > > <!--Compile the WiX source files--> > <Candle > SourceFiles="@(WiXSourceFiles)" > OutputFile="$(InstallationDirectory)\obj\release\" > ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)" > DefineConstants="Build=Release;SolutionDir=E:\XXX\Source" /> > > Then use Light: > > <!--Batch process all the languages--> > <Light > ObjectFiles="@(CompileObjOutput)" > Cultures="%(Language.Culture)" > Extensions="@(WixExtension)" > OutputFile="$(InstallerOutputDirectory)\XXX% > (Language.Prefix).msi" > ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)" /> > > The key point to note in the last step is the use of %(Language...) > which causes Light to be called for each language defined in the > ItemGroup. > > You can then use an <Exec> task to create transforms and embed them > back > into a language neutral msi. > > Kind regards, > > Tim Rayment > Senior Software Engineer > > Oxford Instruments plc > Halifax Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3SE, UK > Tel: +44 (0) 1494 442255 > Email: [hidden email] > www.oxford-instruments.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Kevin > Richardson > Sent: 07 May 2008 05:24 > To: [hidden email] > Subject: [WiX-users] MSBuild with multiple localizations > > Greetings, > > Does anyone have an example of building multi-language WiX installers > with MSBuild? I've looked at the single-language examples, but what > I'd like to do is have a .wixproj that builds an installer in 10+ > languages. > > My current process uses the WiX tools manually through batch files, > and basically does the following: > > 1) build language-neutral MSI > 2) set environment variable (used in <Product> language attribute) and > build localized MSI for each language (candle/light are called with > the appropriate localized .wxl files) > 3) generate a transform between the language neutral and localized > MSIs > 4) embed the transforms into the MSI (I believe that's an undocumented > way to do a "language picker") > > Can this be duplicated (or improved upon) reasonably in a .wixproj? > > Thanks, > > -kevin > > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/j > avaone > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [hidden email] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > +++ Virus-scanned by MailControl for Oxford Instruments +++ > > > > ___ThThis > e-mail is confidential and is for the addressee only. Please refer > to www.oxinst.com/email-statement for regulatory information. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/j avaone > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [hidden email] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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