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Sharing Language Settings Between Releases

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2. From Current Release, select a release.
3. Mark the check box next to each language to create a language transform for.
Some .MSI files might not have languages listed on the Languages page. In that
case, you must use the .WSI that compiled the .MSI.
4. Double-click the marked language.
The Language Details dialog box appears.
5. In Destination File, specify the full path for the translated .MST; be sure to include
the .MST file extension.
If you specify an .MSI file instead of an .MST, this language is compiled to an
installation database.
See Creating a Translated .MSI
6. Leave the defaults in Codepage and Language ID. You typically change these
fields only when you define a new language. The Default release language check
box is unavailable when you specify an .MST as the destination file.
7. Click OK.
8. If needed, complete the Language Details dialog box for any other languages you
marked.
Default text strings for the selected release are translated into the selected languages.
You can share these language settings with other releases in this installation.
See Sharing Language Settings Between Releases
You can translate several releases into the same language or languages, with the same
settings you define in the Language Details dialog box. To do this, you share language
settings between releases.
After you initially share language settings, the settings for the releases are linked. This
means that any change you make to the language settings for any of the linked releases
is applied to all other linked releases. At any time, you can break the link. Breaking the
link does not change the current settings for the releases.
To share settings between releases
1. Translate the installation to another language.
See Creating a Translated .MSI
2. Select Installation Expert > Languages page.
3. From Current Release, select the release to copy settings to.
4. Click Share at the right of the page. The Share Release dialog box appears.
5. From Copy/Share Languages From, select the release that contains the settings
to copy.
6. Click OK.
The settings of the release in Copy/Share Languages From immediately replace the
settings of the release in Current Release. Any change you make to the language
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