#1250 Light, Localization and Codepage Issue

[Reid]

There is an issue involving light when trying to use a localized variable as the part of the source path. When attempting to resolve the path, light is using the system codepage instead of the product or localization file codepage. This unfortunately causes light to fail spitting out an error that looks like this:

C:\Localization Test\WiXProject1\WiXProject1\Product.wxs(12) : error LGHT0103 : The system cannot find the file "....\Source\????.txt"

The "????" is the localized string name (in this case, it is a Korean string).

Please let me know if you need further information.

Thank you,
Reid

[Bob Arnson]

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Can you post the source (and .wxl fragment) that cause that error?

[Reid]

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Here's the call to light and candle:
REM Build Localizer Test

CALL "....\Install\WiX\Windows Installer XML v3\candle.exe" "WiXProject1\WiXProject1*.wxs" -out "WiXProject1\WiXProject1\wixobj\"

CALL "....\Install\WiX\Windows Installer XML v3\light.exe" "WiXProject1\WiXProject1\wixobj*.wixobj" -loc "WiXProject1\WiXProject1\Localize.wxl" -out "LocalizeTest.msi"

Here is the wxl codepage:

<wixlocalization culture="zh-CHS" codepage="936" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization">
<string id="user-content-Test">事故数.txt</string>
</wixlocalization>

And the main wxs file:

<wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<product id="user-content-932a39b5-47d0-4ef2-a3b6-56aec4038716" name="WixProject1" language="1033" version="1.0.0.0" manufacturer="WixProject1" upgradecode="9c32334f-83f3-402c-92d3-1890751ad69c">
<package installerversion="200" compressed="yes"></package></product></wix>

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="WixProject1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
            <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="WixProject1">
                <Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="23f03ef3-b5c0-41be-85ee-53c2722ed667">
        <File Id="TestFile" Source="..\..\Source\!(loc.Test)"/>
                 </Component> 
            </Directory>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixProject1" Level="1">
        <!-- TODO: Remove the comments around this ComponentRef element and the Component above in order to add resources to this installer. -->
        <ComponentRef Id="ProductComponent" />
    </Feature>
</Product>

[Reid]

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Just a quick note, I mentioned earlier it was a Korean string, but it is actually a Chinese string, so the codepage I used in the wxl is correct, sorry for any confusion.

[Rob Mensching]

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Should be fixed in next build.

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