christophe.bernard1.552492489402616E12 asked a question.
write in a xml file who has been just installed !?
Hi,
I have a setup project (basic msi project) made with installshield 2008.
This setup installed some files (dll, xml, and so on..)
When the dialog is display i ask to the user a path to the license file with a special dialog.
Now, i would like to save this path in a xml file who is installed with the product !
Have you some idea or some good article for to begin with xml file and installshield !
Thanks for your help
Christophe
One help topic that is particularly relevant to what you'll be doing is Using Windows Installer Properties to Dynamically Modify XML Files .
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Thanks really thanks for your information !
xml file change is REALLY NICE you know ,easy to use easy to configure !
yesturday i've made a sample with a xml file with some node and in the xml file view i change a node with a property windows installer and it's works !
That's works in 5 minutes wonderfull !!!!!
But in my case there is a little problem !
i must to save in the xml file the language of the installation (property => ProductLanguage)
if i write this productlanguage in the xml file view i find in my xml file thie id of the language as :
1033 for en us and so on !
all right but is there a way to replace EASILY 1033 by => en-us and so on for other language !?
Thanks for your help
Christophe
ie, w/condition ProductLanguage="1033" set FORMATTED_LANG = "en-us"
one CA per language.
OR a scripted function that sets FORMATTED_LANG based on an if-branch or something.
Just some thoughts...
Good idea but you know i have several file of configuration and if something change in one config file i must to modify all => rather borgin !
my solution perhpas take more time of develop :
1)take the property ProductLanguage
2) coding a installscript swtich who gets the property ProductLanguage
and set a other property LANGUAGE_STRING with a string as the language string
switch(szLanguageID)
case "1029" :
szLanguageString ="cs-CZ";
....
3) a custom action in vbscript who gets the property LANGUAGE_STRING and write in the xml file the correct language string !
I've just to try friday afternoon and that's work !!
What do you thing about my solution ?!
i m a beginner of installshield :-(
Thanks
Christophe