Windows XP - Complex Script and East Asian language packs
Building a package using Wise Package Studio 8 to automate support for the Complex Script and East Asian language packs in Windows XP.
It worked fine the first time I tested it, but then subsequent tests unconvered an issue where any time DLLs are being replaced, I get a "Confirm File Replace" dialog I don't want.
I'm wondering if the parameters in the following script line are what's causing the Confirm File Replace to appear:
I've looked around online for more info on what the 0 and True parameters are but so far no luck. I've also tried tinkering with them on my own, running the script without them, changing the 0 to 1, etc., but haven't hit upon anything that works.
Here's the sequence of what I'm doing so far:
1. Becuse the Windows XP source files were run from a disc, long before my time as a packager, I first had to get around the prompt to insert the Windows XP source disc when trying to add language support. To solve this, I added the XP source files to my package, then editing the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath
to point to where those files are located in my package.
[font="courier new"]2. Run the script that adds the language support:
It worked fine the first time I tested it, but then subsequent tests unconvered an issue where any time DLLs are being replaced, I get a "Confirm File Replace" dialog I don't want.
I'm wondering if the parameters in the following script line are what's causing the Confirm File Replace to appear:
shl.Run "cmd /c start /wait rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,,/f:""c:\intlunattend.txt"" /s:""C:\XP\I386""", 0, True
I've looked around online for more info on what the 0 and True parameters are but so far no luck. I've also tried tinkering with them on my own, running the script without them, changing the 0 to 1, etc., but haven't hit upon anything that works.
Here's the sequence of what I'm doing so far:
1. Becuse the Windows XP source files were run from a disc, long before my time as a packager, I first had to get around the prompt to insert the Windows XP source disc when trying to add language support. To solve this, I added the XP source files to my package, then editing the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath
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[font="times new roman"] Dim shl 
Set shl = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
 
Dim fso 
Set fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 
' install complex character & far east support 
'WScript.Echo "Installing Complex Script and East Asian language support"
Dim intlConfig 
Set intlConfig = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\intlunattend.txt") 
intlConfig.WriteLine "[RegionalSettings]"
intlConfig.WriteLine "LanguageGroup = 7,11" ' 7 = Japanese, 11 = Thai 
intlConfig.Close     
[font="times new roman"] shl.Run "cmd /c start /wait rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,,/f:""c:\intlunattend.txt"" /s:""C:\XP\I386""", 136137, True
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Posted by:
aogilmor
14 years ago
Sorry to say this but that looks really horrid.
don't the language packs have their own EXEs you can run silently? Why use vbscript?
don't the language packs have their own EXEs you can run silently? Why use vbscript?
Posted by:
RonW
14 years ago
I was unaware they had their own exe's. Should these be on the XP disc? And if so, any idea what they might be named? I uncovered a few dozen exe's, some buried in CAB files, but nothing was named in a way that would lead me to think it was a language pack exe. I figured what I'd need would be in the I386\LANG folder, but I didn't see any likely candidates in there, either. Which brings up a question unrelated to my original post: what are all the files with an underbar at the end of the extension, like "PINTLCSD.DL_", for example?
Posted by:
aogilmor
14 years ago
From the little I know about them, they come in EXEs or as standalone patches (MSP)
. I've never seen anything like your script needed to install them, although I confess I've had little occasion to use them
. I've never seen anything like your script needed to install them, although I confess I've had little occasion to use them
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