10 replies to this topic

[Ioana]

Hello,
I have another questin concerning IS 10.5: has it multilanguage support?
Thanks for your reply.

[Stefan Krueger]

The Premier edition has multi language support, the Professional edition supports only one language.

[Ioana]

Thanks for the answer,
But what about the unicode support: witch InstallShield edition has Unicode support?
Thanks again.

[Stefan Krueger]

Since Prmier and Professional both can be used to create setups in Chinese and other non-Latin langauges I believe that it does support Unicode (but I'm really not an expert in that field). I'd recommend you test it with the free evaluation version.

[Ioana]

Thank you for the answer.
But, also with InstallShield Professional 7 you can make setups in Czech language, but it still doesn't have unicode support ( the strings in Czech are displayed correctly only if the operating system is installed in Czech ).
I will evaluate the free kits
Thanks again.

[Ioana]

Hello,

I am using InstallShiel Premier 11 Evaluation kit.
I made a Multilanguage installer (using InstallScript wizard) that include Chinese and Czech languages.
I added the UNICODE string files I needed to my setup and the strings look good (normal) when I edit the resources.
But, after built, during the setup, if I select one of this languages, the strings turns into "??????".
What am I missing?

Thank you in advance.

[Stefan Krueger]

Does your test system have the required fonts installed?

[Ioana]

Hello,

You were right... I don't have this fonts on my system.
But where can I get them from ( fonts like Tahoma8 or MsSansBold8 ) to install them on my system?
Or is there any possibility to add new font to the already existing ones from InstallShield 11?

Thank you.

[Stefan Krueger]

You can install fonts using InstallShield, but I'm not sure you can immediately use them within this same installation.
However I would simply assume that a user who selects to run your setup in Chinese (for instance) will have the Chinese fonts installed (e.g. a Chinese version of Windows). Otherweise he would probably also have problems running your application in Chinese, or?

[Ioana]

Yes, you might be right, but there are still more question:
1. Why other Chinese applications run well and the characters looks normal?
2. Why the strings looks correct when I am editing the dialog ( so, inside the InstallShield environment )?
3. I have added to my system the "Tahoma, and "MS Sans Serif" fonts and it still doesn't work
When I open the languages files separately ( e.g: 1028(UNICODE) in Word ) with Tahoma or MSSansSerif font the strings look pretty well.
If the strings look good within the IS environment, can it be because of the functions that display them?

[Stefan Krueger]

I'm sorry, but I don't have answers to any of these questions. I find this behaviour confusing myself.