2nd request...Localization question

[jparnes]

Please..some support (from a buyer of SetupFactory & AutoPlay).

Shouldn't the %syslanguage% variable detect the language id of the users system? A dialog box on initiation shows %syslanguage% always equal to 9 (english). SF6 on the same system detects the correct language code.

[Brett]

Re: 2nd request...Localization question

That is because that is the language that Setup Factory has decided to use for the setup according to your language settings. If you want it to be able to detect, say Spanish, then include Spanish language support at design time and then at runtime it will be detectable.

[Brett]

Re: 2nd request...Localization question

Oh yeah, for AMS40, we are introducing a new variable called %AbsSystemLanguage% for the next seubrelease in a few weeks that will report the absolute system language, not the one that the application has chosen to use from among the options.

[jparnes]

Re: 2nd request...Localization question

Does that mean am4 cannot currently detect the language code of the users native language?

[jparnes]

Re: 2nd request...Localization question

Sorry - one more piece of info...I am really not interested in all of the error langauges being correct (very simplistic user interface - install button & exit button). I tried copying the english .xml file to another "language file", changed the appropriated language Id inside the file & added to project. %syslanguage% still stays the same.

[Lorne]

Re: 2nd request...Localization question

Does that mean am4 cannot currently detect the language code of the users native language?

No, that's not what he meant. Right now, %syslanguage% gets set to whatever language AutoPlay ends up using. If there's a language module in your project for the current system language, then %syslanguage% will be set to that, but if there isn't, then AutoPlay will use the language that was designated as the "default language" in the project settings, and %syslanguage% will be set to that default language's ID, regardless of what's being used on the system. %AbsSystemLanguage%, on the other hand, won't change even if the default language ends up being used.

BTW, note that in order to change the language on your system, you have to specify the language as your default language in the control panel; there are a few different settings you have to change, I don't remember which ones off hand, but it's a common mistake to just chagne one or two of them which doesn't actually change what Windows reports as the system language.