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How to: Create a Localized Bootstrapper Package

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After you create a bootstrapper package, you can create localized versions of the bootstrapper package by creating two more files for each locale: a software license terms file (such as a eula.rtf) and a package manifest (package.xml).

By default, Visual Studio 2010 includes localized bootstrapper packages only for .NET Framework 4, .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, F# Runtime 2.0, and F# Runtime 4.0. You can create localized packages for other bootstrappers by completing three steps.

  1. Create a folder that is named after the locale name in \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\BootstrapperPackageName.

  2. Create a file that contains the software license terms for the bootstrapper package and put it in the new folder.

  3. Create a package manifest named package.xml, update the strings and culture, and put the file in the new folder. If you have already created a bootstrapper of Visual Studio in the target language, you can copy the Visual Studio package.xml file and modify it in this step.

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If you are using a Setup project to deploy applications, you can localize your application by changing the Localization property.

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Your computer might show different names or locations for some of the Visual Studio user interface elements in the following instructions. The Visual Studio edition that you have and the settings that you use determine these elements. For more information, see Personalizing the IDE.

To create a localized bootstrapper package

  1. Create a folder that is named after the locale name.

    On 32-bit computers, create the folder in the \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\BootstrapperPackageName\ folder.

    On 64-bit computers, create the folder in the \Program Files (86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\BootstrapperPackageName\ folder.

    The following table shows the folder names that you can use to match a locale.

    Locale Folder name
    Chinese (Simplified) zh-Hans
    Chinese (Traditional) zh-Hant
    Czech cs
    German de
    English en
    Spanish es
    French fr
    Italian it
    Korean ko
    Japanese ja
    Polish pl
    Portuguese (Brazil) pt-BR
    Russian ru
    Turkish tr

  2. Create a file that contains the software license terms for the bootstrapper package and put it in the new folder.

  3. Create a package manifest named package.xml and put it in the new folder. For more information, see How to: Create a Package Manifest.

  4. Update the <Strings> section of the package manifest so that the strings are in the correct language for the locale.

  5. Change the <String Name="Culture"> value to match the folder name.

  6. Save the package.xml file.

To create a bootstrapper package for .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 localized in French

  1. Create a folder that is named fr. The folder name must match the locale name.

    On 32-bit computers, create the folder in the \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX35SP1\ folder.

    On 64-bit computers, create the folder in the \Program Files (86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX35SP1\ folder.

  2. Put a localized version of the software license terms into the fr folder.

  3. Copy the \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX35SP1\en\package.xml file to the fr folder, and open the file in the XML Designer.

  4. Update the <Strings> section of the package manifest so that the error strings are in French.

  5. Change the <String Name="Culture"> value to fr.

  6. Save the package.xml file.

See Also

Creating Bootstrapper Packages
Application Deployment Prerequisites
How to: Create a Package Manifest