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Changing Language when Running a Minor Upgrade Has No Effect

Summary

When installing a minor upgrade or small update for a multilingual setup, the language selection dialog may appear. Selecting a different language has no effect, the original language selected during the initial installation is always used.

Symptoms

When installing a minor upgrade or small update for a multilingual setup the original language selected during the initial installation is always used.

In past versions of InstallShield the language selection dialog could have appeared and selecting a different language had no effect,

Cause

This behavior occurs due to a Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) design preventing new Transform (.MST) files from being applied during Maintenance Mode. Therefore based on the use of transforms and InstallShield the language cannot be changed, as each language is contained within a unique MST file.


Resolution

As indicated above, the language cannot be changed when a minor upgrade or small update is applied because of a Microsoft limitation in the MSI engine. The language selection dialog is expected to be hidden when installing a minor upgrade or small update, or when running in Maintenance Mode to eliminate confusion.


Additional Information

This issue has been resolved as of InstallShield 2008. Upgrading to the latest available version of InstallShield will result in this dialog no longer being shown unexpectedly. You can find more information about the latest version of InstallShield and download an evaluation copy here.
Additional information on creating multilingual setups can be found in the InstallShield Help Library - Creating Multilingual Installations.
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Changing Language when Running a Minor Upgrade Has No Effect