Translating Text Strings You Have Added Or Changed - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

Translating Text Strings You Have Added or
Changed
Windows Installer Editor Reference
select the appropriate code page from the drop-down list. See Setting the Code
Page of a Database in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Language ID
Specify only one language ID for the language you are adding. Windows
Installer supports only one language in this field.
Language IDs are standardized.
See Language IDs
Default release language
(.WSI files only.) Mark this to use this language as the default language for this
release. During compile, the default release language overrides the Default
language on the Language menu.
Note
Only one language per release can be the default release language. An error
message lets you know if you mark this check box for a second language.
See About the Default Release Language
5. Click Next.
The Export/Import Text Strings page appears.
6. Mark Import and click Next.
The Import Translated Text Strings page appears.
7. In Translated Strings File, specify the file containing the translated strings.
8. Click Finish.
The translated text strings are imported into the installation and you can translate the
installation to the new language.
See Creating a Translated .MSI
page 250.
When you add or change any user interface elements in an installation, you must
translate those changes if you want them to appear in another language. Examples:
error messages; disk prompts; text and controls on dialog boxes; descriptions or names
for launch conditions, features, or shortcuts; property values, file names, and directory
names.
You have several options for finding out which strings need to be translated and getting
the translated text into the installation:
If you change multiple strings and need to send them to a translator, export only the
changed strings to a file. Send the file to a translator, then import the translated
strings back into the installation.
See Translating Text Strings by Exporting to a File
If you make just a few small changes and you know the translations, you can edit
the text directly.
See Translating Text Directly Without Exporting It
on page 270 or visit msdn.microsoft.com.
on page 267.
on page 249 and Creating a Language Transform
Translating an Installation
on page 259.
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