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Importing All Text Strings With the New Language Wizard

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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.
You can use the New Language wizard to import text strings at the same time you define
a new language on the Languages page. Do this only when you already have a file
containing translated text strings for the language you are adding. Example: If you
added the language Swiss French to a previous installation, and now you want to use it
in a new installation, you can use the New Language wizard to import Swiss French
translations to the new installation.
Note
A better way to make a new language available for multiple installations is to add it to an
installation template instead of to a specific installation.
See Creating and Editing Installation Templates
You might also use this process to restore a language that you deleted from the
Languages page. You must have access to the original file that contains the translated
text strings. This process does not restore any custom translated text.
Typically, you do not have a translated text file at the time you define a new language.
Instead, you use the New Language wizard to define a new language and export text
strings to a file, you have the file translated, and you import the translated strings at a
later time.
See Defining and Translating Into Additional Languages
To import all text strings with the New Language wizard
1. Select Installation Expert > Languages page.
2. From Current Release, select a release.
3. Click Add at the right of the page.
The New Language wizard appears with the Specify Language Details page.
4. Complete the page:
Language Name
Enter a name for the new language.
Destination File
(Optional.) Specify the full path for the translated installation file. You can
create an .MSI or a transform (.MST).
If you leave this field blank, this language is always compiled to an .MSI whose
name is created by adding an underscore and the language name to the
installation file name. Example: If the new language is named NewLanguage,
and the installation file is named Sample, the translated installation is compiled
to Sample_NewLanguage.msi.
Codepage
A code page ensures that the correct character set is used for the language you
are adding. In most cases, it is best to specify 0, which is a language-neutral
code page. If the language you are adding uses a multi-byte character set, then
on page 249 and Creating a Language Transform
on page 49.
Translating an Installation
on page 253.
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