How can I customize the default text strings shown in the installers?

Author: BitRock Support       Date: February 04, 2008 03:13       Tags: User input and custom installer pages
Multiple language support
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Customization


You can customize the default strings shown in the installers by adding a custom language file to your project.

You will need to overwrite the default values for the internal keys that the installers use.


In the example below you can see the keys with the default strings used by the installer in the welcome screen. The characters "%1$s" need to be preserved as they get substituted by the project's full name.


Installer.Welcome.Title=Setup - %1$s
Installer.Welcome.Text=Welcome to the %1$s Setup Wizard.

Similarly, you could overwrite the default text in the Ready to Install and Final Page screens:


Installer.Ready.Title=Ready to Install
Installer.Ready.Text1=Setup is now ready to begin installing %1$s on your computer.
Installer.Installation.Finished.Title=Completing the %1$s Setup Wizard
Installer.Installation.Finished.Text=Setup has finished installing %1$s on your computer.

If you want to learn more about custom language files, you can visit the following article:


http://support.bitrock.com/article/how-can-i-customize-the-language-used-in-custom-installer-pages

Comments

Where can I find a list of all the dialog names?

Author: jblanco       Date: June 10, 2008 17:47

I need to customize one of the dialogs that is not explicitly mentioned in this article, and I’m not sure how to determine the identifier that I should use (e.g. Installer.Ready.Text1). Is there a list of all of these identifiers somewhere and, if not, can one be made available?

Thanks.


Built-in strings

Author: BitRock Support       Date: June 16, 2008 13:33

Yes, we can make them available to you, just email support (at) bitrock


 

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