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}/inno_setup  # all translatable parts are in inno_setup

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 in the setup process.

Custom Messages and Settings

All settings related to the language(s) in the installer are controlled through the file 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 README-<ll>.win32-bin.txt, add the part in the square brackets [...]. This "README" is shown as last screen of the installer.
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, translate it and save it as README-<LL>.win32-bin.txt, where <LL> is your language code.