[MUI] Multilingual custom page

stem07 · 22nd April 2006, 17:18

Hi,

I'm using MUI for creating multi-lingual installation files. After the license page (license generally in English) and just before the directory page, I want to display some text in the appropriate language.

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_LICENSE "license.txt"
Page custom InfoBefore
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

I'm trying to adapt the the example "MultiLanguage.nsi", but I'm not sure how to achieve this. I don't know how to combine the language selection with the choice of the appropriate ini file. Or are there simpler possibilities?

I'm trying this:

LangString TEXT_INFO_BEFORE ${LANG_ENGLISH} "ioA_en.ini"
LangString TEXT_INFO_BEFORE ${LANG_GERMAN} "ioA_de.ini"

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "$(TEXT_INFO_BEFORE)"

This doesn't work: File: "$(TEXT_INFO_BEFORE)" -> no files found.

Thank you.

Stefan

Afrow UK · 22nd April 2006, 17:53

You can't do it like that. LangStrings are run time. The installer can't compress a file at compile time with a name that will be set at run time. This is a logical impossibility

You should extract the same InstallOptions INI file, but write the language strings to the fields with MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE before showing the page.

-Stu

cri_ned · 3rd May 2006, 13:49

hi, sorry to ask this, but I have the same problem. Do you mean that MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE could overwrite the texts from the ini?

22nd April 2006, 17:18	#1
stem07 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1	[MUI] Multilingual custom page Hi, I'm using MUI for creating multi-lingual installation files. After the license page (license generally in English) and just before the directory page, I want to display some text in the appropriate language. !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_LICENSE "license.txt" Page custom InfoBefore !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY I'm trying to adapt the the example "MultiLanguage.nsi", but I'm not sure how to achieve this. I don't know how to combine the language selection with the choice of the appropriate ini file. Or are there simpler possibilities? I'm trying this: LangString TEXT_INFO_BEFORE ${LANG_ENGLISH} "ioA_en.ini" LangString TEXT_INFO_BEFORE ${LANG_GERMAN} "ioA_de.ini" !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "$(TEXT_INFO_BEFORE)" This doesn't work: File: "$(TEXT_INFO_BEFORE)" -> no files found. Thank you. Stefan

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22nd April 2006, 17:53	#2
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	You can't do it like that. LangStrings are run time. The installer can't compress a file at compile time with a name that will be set at run time. This is a logical impossibility You should extract the same InstallOptions INI file, but write the language strings to the fields with MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE before showing the page. -Stu

3rd May 2006, 13:49	#3
cri_ned Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 22	hi, sorry to ask this, but I have the same problem. Do you mean that MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE could overwrite the texts from the ini?