Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual page 260

Windows Installer Editor Reference
To export selected text strings
1. Select Installation Expert > Languages page.
2. From Current Release, select a release.
3. Click Strings at the right of the page.
The Language Strings dialog box appears.
4. From Language, select the language to export text strings for. The drop-down list
shows those languages that have translated text strings in this installation; they are
indicated by a Yes in the Text Translated column on the Languages page.
5. On the Language Strings dialog box, click Export.
The Export Language Strings dialog box appears.
6. From Export As, select a file type for the text strings:
Resource File
Exports the dialog boxes and strings to a Visual C++ style resource file; this
includes an .H (header) file. With a resource editor, you or the translator can
resize dialog boxes appropriately for each language.
Text File
Exports the strings to a standard text file, in which fields are separated by tabs.
Warning
Make sure that the first two fields in the text file are not translated. These are the
table and key names for the text strings and must remain intact.
7. In File Name, specify the full path for the file to export text strings to.
8. From Export Options, select which strings to export:
New or changed strings since last export
Export strings that were added or changed since you last exported text strings
for translation.
New or changed strings in installation
Export all strings that were added or changed in this installation.
All strings in current language
Export all the text strings in the language you selected from the Language
drop-down list.
All strings in default language
Export the text strings in the default language for the .WSI. This is either the
Default language on the Language menu or the default release language
defined on the Language Details dialog box.
9. To include the installation's file and directory names in the export file, mark Export
File and Directory Names.
10. Click OK.
The text strings are exported to the file you specified, which you can send to a
translator. When you receive the translated file from the translator, you import the text
strings into the installation.
See Importing Selected Text Strings From a
Translating an Installation
File.
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