Windows Installer Translation

This page deals with the translation of the windows installer. For the general part see Translation.

Intro

The Windows specific parts of GnuCash are in a separate repository.

git clone https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-windows ${SOURCEDIR}
cd ${SOURCEDIR}

Translation

The translation of messages is split in two parts and a README file:

1. Inno setup standard messages
2. Gnucash custom messages
3. a #README File, which is displayed to the user.

Custom Messages and Settings

All settings related to the language(s) in the installer are controlled through the file inno_setup/gnucash-mingw64.iss.

In particular, the following settings will have to be added:

1. For the built-in messages of the Installer, search the section [Languages], add a line in the list

   [Languages]
   Name: "en"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
   Name: "ca"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\Catalan.isl"; InfoAfterFile: "@INST_DIR@\share\doc\@PACKAGE@\README-ca.win32-bin.txt"
   :
   Name: "<ll>"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\<Language>.isl"[; InfoAfterFile: "@INST_DIR@\share\doc\@PACKAGE@\README-<ll>.win32-bin.txt"]
   :
   Name: "zh_TW"; MessagesFile: "@GC_WIN_REPOS_DIR@\inno_setup\ChineseTraditional-5.5.3.isl"; InfoAfterFile: "@INST_DIR@\share\doc\@PACKAGE@\README-zh_TW.win32-bin.txt"
   

   Only if you created gnucash/doc/README-<ll>.win32-bin.txt, add the part in the square brackets [...]. This "README" is shown as last screen of the installer. Its creation is explained in Translation#Check_doc/FREADME-*.
2. For the gnucash-specific messages in the Installer, copy&paste all lines in the [CustomMessages] section

   [CustomMessages]
   ; *** "Select Components" wizard page
   FullInstall=Full installation
   CustomInstall=Custom installation
   CreateDesktopIcon=Create a &desktop icon
   CreateMenuLink=Create a start menu link
   RunPrg=Run GnuCash now
   AdditionalIcons=Create these icons:
   StatusMsgFirewall=Installing Windows firewall rules...
   ; *** "Another install" wizard page
   ; %1 in the following messages will be replaced with the application name and version, like "GnuCash 2.3.15"
   AIWP_Title=Another installation has been found
   AIWP_Description=%1 is currently installed on this computer
   AIWP_Message=This earlier installation has to be removed before continuing.%n%nIf you don't want that, click Cancel now to abort the current installation.%n%nClick Next to remove %1 and continue with the installation.%n%nNote: Only the program will be removed, not your financial data.
   
   MainFiles=GnuCash Program
   TranslFiles=Translation Files
   TemplFiles=Account Template Files
   
   IconComment_GnuCash=GnuCash Free Finance Manager
   IconName_README=Show GnuCash README
   IconComment_README=Show the README file
   IconFilename_README=README.win32-bin.txt
   IconName_FAQ=GnuCash FAQ (Online)
   IconName_Bugzilla=Report a GnuCash Bug (Online)
   IconName_InstallFQ=Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash
   IconComment_InstallFQ=Install the necessary perl module Finance-Quote for online retrieval of prices.  Requires ActivePerl or Strawberry Perl 5.8 or later
   IconName_Theme=Select GnuCash Theme
   IconName_Uninstall=Uninstall GnuCash
   IconComment_Uninstall=Uninstall the Finance Manager GnuCash
   

   similar to the other languages. For each custom message you will have to prefix the line with your language code and add your translation <ll>.<MessageName>=<Translated Message> there:

   ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
   ;; Catalan translation
   
   ca.FullInstall=Instal·lació completa
   :
   

3. One line has to be added for the CodePage paragraph, like so:

   ;; List of Code pages, used in gnucash.cmd
   LanguageCodePage=1252
   ca.LanguageCodePage=1252
   de.LanguageCodePage=1252
   el.LanguageCodePage=1253
   fr.LanguageCodePage=1252
   it.LanguageCodePage=1252
   ja.LanguageCodePage=932
   nl.LanguageCodePage=1252
   pt_BR.LanguageCodePage=1252
   zh_CN.LanguageCodePage=936
   zh_TW.LanguageCodePage=950
   

Note

We prefer now LanguageCodePage=0 for UTF-8.

Source

https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2009-January/024535.html

Inno Setup Standard Messages

• If your language is in the Official translations section of http://www.jrsoftware.org/files/istrans/ no further action is required.
• Else you should submit a translation of https://raw.github.com/jrsoftware/issrc/master/Files/Default.isl to gnucash.
  • If there is already a file in Unofficial translations section of http://www.jrsoftware.org/files/istrans/, you can use it to start.
  • You might consider to submit your updated and reviewed file also to Inno Setup.

Maintainers

After a file appears in the official translations of the current Inno Setup version, you can remove it from GnuCash again.

README File

Open README.win32-bin.txt in inno_setup, translate it and save it as README-<LL>.win32-bin.txt, where <LL> is your language code.