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New Language Wizard

InstallShield 2015

Edition: The New Language Wizard is available in the Premier edition of InstallShield.

Project: The New Language Wizard is available in the following project types:

The InstallShield Premier edition lets you add unsupported languages, beyond the built-in 35 languages, to projects through the New Language Wizard. An unsupported language is one in which none of the default run-time strings are translated. When you add an unsupported language to a project, that language is made available in various language-related settings throughout InstallShield. In addition, InstallShield uses the strings from your project’s default language as placeholders for the strings in that newly added unsupported language; you can use the String Editor view to provide translated strings for the unsupported languages.

When you use the New Language Wizard to add an unsupported language, InstallShield adds to your machine several files that contain English strings as placeholders:

LanguageID is the language identifier for the new language. InstallShield adds this file to the following directory:

InstallShield Program Files Folder\Support

LanguageID is the language identifier for the new language. InstallShield adds this file to the following directories:

InstallShield Program Files Folder\Redist\Language Independent\i386

InstallShield Program Files Folder\Redist\Language Independent\i386\Skins

If you want to add the unsupported language in InstallScript or InstallScript MSI projects, you will need to translate the strings in those files. You can open the .dll file in a resource editor to replace the English strings with the appropriate translated strings.

To launch the New Language Wizard:

On the Tools menu, click Add New Language.

See Also

Run-Time Language Support in InstallShield

String Editor View

New Language Wizard