shrekkie
24th January 2006 21:39 UTC

Change Setup Language
Hi there,

I am in a minor dilemma at the moment. Here's what I have to do:

I have an application for the pocket PC that comes in many different languages, i.e. each language has its own files. Because of this, I need to create different setup executables for each language. I need to basically write an NSIS script that will change the !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE to any language I want.

For example, I am thinking of having a batch file that will take the language as a parameter and basically collect all those language specific files and build a cab file. So based on that parameter I need to change the MUI_LANGUAGE in the NSIS script too. I know I can have multiple NSIS script files but that would be really inefficient, I want to change it through the batch file.

One of the ideas I had was that I can create a text file with all the parameters in it through the batch file, then read the file in the NSIS script and change the MUI_LANGUAGE on ".oninit". Is this idea feasible?

One other thing I need to do is that I need to replace the welcome screen page in the MUI with another page that displays a readme file that is also language specific, i.e. the readme filename is different for every language. How can this be done? Can someone provide some sample code for adding a custom page such as this...

Thanks in advance..

Shrekkie

Comm@nder21
24th January 2006 22:39 UTC

you want only one nsis file?
i'd prefer different header files for every language.

i'd do it like that:
in you main.nsi:

!include ${lang}.nsh

(directly after you included the page macros, where you would normally place the !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE)

then in each language's header file:
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "<language>"
<add your custom language strings here>

now, you may compile the versions by using commandlineswitch like this:
/Dlang=english
/Dlang=french
/Dlang=german

shrekkie
24th January 2006 22:59 UTC

so I just create header files for every language, and include them all in the script? And based on the commandline parameter, this would choose the appropriate language?

shrekkie
25th January 2006 01:49 UTC

Thanks a lot for the help commander, your way works perfectly :)

Comm@nder21
25th January 2006 13:25 UTC

:)