[wpkg-users] Supporting multiple languages for FF/TB

[Dave Evans]

of course the difficulty might be that WPKG runs in the SYSTEM context, 
which might not reflect the user context

in the particular case of installing Thunderbird, I notice that the file 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\install.log
contains the string:
   Locale     : en-GB
which I'm guessing (you'd have to check) is the language it was 
installed in, regardless of which Locale the operating system is set to

the tip about reading the LCID is also useful (remembering that that 
might not be what the user sees)
list of all languages here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/goglobal/bb964664.aspx

hope that helps :-)

Dave

On 08/04/2016 12:42, Nils Thiele wrote:
> Hi,
> this could also be possible with a single package if you set some 
> variables with lcid, but i havent tried this yet...
> Of course the underlying OS language would need to be different.
> See: http://wpkg.org/Extended_host_attribute_matching#lcid
>
> Like i said i havent tried this yet, im especially intrested  what 
> happens on windows 8 + were you can easily change the default os 
> language.
> Does anyone have a tip to display the lcid from the commandline for 
> testing?
>
> Another idea would be to add a condition and check to a variable in 
> the package.
> <variable name="PKG_LANG" value="de">
>         <condition>
>             <check type="file" condition="exists" 
> path="%systemroot%\engl.txt" />
>         </condition>
> </variable>
>
> This file would need to be place there before of course..., but the OS 
> Language wouldnt could still be the same this way.
>
> I am in the same boat, mainly german system with a handfull of english 
> clients...
>
> Greetings,
> Nils
>
>
> Am 08.04.2016 um 11:24 schrieb Ulli Conrad:
>> Hi Holger,
>>
>> On 08.04.2016 at 11:06 you wrote:
>>
>>> the majority of our users needs the german version of firefox or
>>> thunderbird.
>>> But a small percentage needs the en-us version. How you guys manage 
>>> this?
>>> Do you download and deploy multiple localized versions of the installer
>>> (with multiple wpkg packages, e.g. thunderbird_de-de, thunderbird_en-us
>>> etc).
>>
>> Same case here.
>> I use two packages: One for international workgroup members (or their 
>> computers of course) and one for german speaking users.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> - Ulli -
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