In WiX 3 there is Package/@Languages element to specify a list of language the MSI package supports. When using wix convert tool to upgrade to WiX4, this element just gets removed. How do you specify languages in WiX 4 project?
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The MSI package language can be set in either of the following ways:
- Directly in the
Package/@Languageattribute. - Using a .wxl file with the
Localization/@Cultureattribute set.
During the build, the summary information will be set correctly. The Windows Installer does not officially support setting multiple languages on an MSI package, so the Package/@Languages attribute in WiX v3 was unnecessary and could create invalid packages with mismatched languages. That bug was fixed in WiX v4.
Rob Mensching
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In case you want the workaround, you can add this to your build system before you sign your package:
WiLangId.vsb script from the Windows MSI SDK with said syntax:
>> WiLangId.vsb [path to .msi] Package [List of language codes, comma separated]
This seems to mimic the behavior of what @Languages was doing, but keep in the mind there is another documented best practice way, although it seems a little more complicated and a harder transition if you're upgrading from Wix v3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/manage-substorages
Also see this discussion: https://github.com/orgs/wixtoolset/discussions/7325
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