Dictionary Strings in custom scripts

[bcorcoran]

Hi,

I'd like to retrieve a string from my translation dictionary, and use it in a custom action script (VBS). The reason is to avoid having to translate a string twice, and the string is already extracted. Can this be done? Asking for a session property does not work.

Thank you,

Brian Corcoran
JMP Development
SAS

[Catalin]

Hello Brian and welcome to our forums,

I'm afraid I do not quite understand your scenario.

If possible, could you please give me some more details (perhaps use some screenshots) so I can better understand this?

Best regards,
Catalin

[briancorcoran]

The project contains dictionaries of translated strings (picture attached) that are used in installer dialogs. I have a custom action that invokes a VBScript inline script. I would like it to be able to retrieve a string from one of these dictionaries, say using Session.Property, to use the string in an error message.

-Brian

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[Catalin]

Hello Brian,

I'm afraid that might not be possible.

What you could do, however, is having multiple error messages custom actions (for each of your language) and then condition each accordingly to the language using the ProductLanguage property.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin