Adding an Unsupported Language to a Project

HOWTO: Adding an Unsupported Language to a Project Document ID: Q106687 Last Revised On: Friday, August 26, 2005 This article applies to the following: Product(s): InstallShield Premier 10.x, 10.5x, 11.x InstallShield Professional 10.5x InstallShield DevStudio 9.x InstallShield AdminStudio 3.5x, 5.x, 5.5x, 6.x InstallShield Developer 7.x, 8.x Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI

Summary This article explains how to add a language to an MSI based project that is not included in the Multilingual Support. Discussion To add unsupported languages, such as Hebrew or Arabic, follow these steps: Open InstallShield after installing the appropriate language packs if needed.   From the Tools menu, choose Add New Language.   Follow the steps in the New Language Wizard to add this language to the project.   Note the Language ID for this new language in the MSDN Table of Language Identifiers article.   Locate the following folder: <Product Path>/Redist/0409 (or any other language).   Make a duplicate of this folder in this location and rename it the language ID of your new language without the 0x prefix. For example, if the language ID is 0x0401, then this folder should be named 0401.   Locate the following file: <Product Path>/Support/0x0409.ini. <Product Path> will vary depending on the product but will resolve to the particular MSI editing tool being used.   Make a duplicate of this file in this location, and rename it the language ID of your new language.   Open this newly renamed file in a text editor such as Notepad.   Identify the first line of the text file that reads [0x0409] and change it to the language ID of your new language. For the example ID referenced in Step 7, this line would be changed to read [0x0401].   Open the project in InstallShield and navigate to the String Tables in the General Information view.   Manually translate the English strings to that particular language. Notes: An InstallShield Language Pack must be installed in order to launch the New Language Wizard if using Developer or DevStudio. If using the InstallShield X product line, the Premier edition is required.   The New Language Wizard is enabled when a project is open within InstallShield.     Additional Information The New Language Wizard is not a valid feature for pure InstallScript projects. References For more information on Multilingual Support, see the InstallShield Product topic Multilingual Support. For more information on the New Language Wizard, see the InstallShield Help Library topic Customizing Language Support. For more information on the Language Identifiers, see the InstallShield Help Library topic Language Identifiers.