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Localize the Installation Dialogs Through the GUI

You can localize the installation dialogs through the GUI.

To create localized text strings for the installation dialogs

  1. Run the smgui command to launch the Packager GUI.
  2. Select the PIF product MERCHANT in the project pane.
  3. Select and right-click the English/US entry on the Dialog resources tab in the subproject pane.
  4. Right-click the selected resource and select Copy from the context menu.

    The Product resource dialog appears.

  5. Choose the desired language German from the drop-down menu.
  6. Click Copy.

    The German language entry appears on the Dialog resources tab in the subproject pane.

    To translate the texts in the German dialog resource proceed as follows:

  7. Select the German language entry on the Dialog resources tab.
  8. Double-click a text in the Dialog texts table and type the German translation of the text directly into that line. Perform this step for each text string to translate.