corneliu
19th July 2011 19:16 UTC

custom localized string
Hey everyone,

I have an uninstaller that shows a language pop-up and then shows another pop-up asking for user confirmation. How can I localize the message in the second pop-up according to the language chosen in the first pop-up? Here is the relevant piece of code:

Function un.onInit
         !insertmacro MUI_UNGETLANGUAGE
         MessageBox MB_YESNO "This will uninstall the application. Continue?" IDYES NoAbort
                    Abort
         NoAbort:
FunctionEnd

jpderuiter
19th July 2011 22:21 UTC

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.15.2

jpderuiter
19th July 2011 22:27 UTC

And create the Messagebox in un.onGUIInit
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=147907

corneliu
20th July 2011 16:21 UTC

Thanks jpderuiter,

Way too complicated. I have settled for using the system locale which is good enough. No more language pop-up :)

MSG
20th July 2011 16:31 UTC

Please do not use the locale. Use the OS language instead.

Reason: Some people will have set their locale to a language different than their OS language. I create installers for translation patches of Japanese games, and these games often require a Japanese locale to run properly. But this doesn't mean the user actually wants to see the installer suddenly switching to Japanese...

corneliu
20th July 2011 16:50 UTC

Thank you MSG,

Here is my code. Does it use the locale or the language? I have no idea.

!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "French"
LangString CONFIRM_MSG ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Blah, blah, blah. Continue?"
LangString CONFIRM_MSG ${LANG_FRENCH} "Blah, blah, blah. Voulez-vous continuer?"
Function un.onInit

         MessageBox MB_YESNO "$(CONFIRM_MSG)" IDYES NoAbort
                    Abort
         NoAbort:

FunctionEnd

MSG
20th July 2011 18:55 UTC

I dunno, I never use more than one language in my installers, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that NSIS uses OS language by default. But you can probably test it simply by setting your locale to something other than French. :)

corneliu
20th July 2011 20:14 UTC

Thanks MSG,

It's not worth the trouble. This is an internal software installer. We won't lose any customers over the language issue :)

Cheers,

Corneliu