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Is it possible for InstallShield 2012 to include a custom language file that isn't in <ISProductDIR>

It's very straightforward to add languages to an installshield project. My goal is to make a modified English (0x0409.ini) with some of the strings modified, such as

Strings I want to modify

However I have a team of people that would have to copy these files to a directory much like C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2012Spring\Support andC:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2012Spring\redist\. This is even worse with the 10+ machines in the build farm that could potentially need this file. It's a non-starter. It's hacky to have modify the install of a tool to get it to use an unsupported language.

Is it possible to check the language file to SCM and have it reside in a subfolder of <ISProjectDir>?

Solution

  • I don't believe so. I think you'd have to set up a post-build step that would copy in a modified ini file.

    You could set up one in installshield's UI but I don't know if that persists in a stand alone build.