Steps to Translate OSGeo4W-setup.exe

• checkout local copy of setup files from Subversion, for example:

    svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/trunk/setup/ setup --username yourname
  

• copy res_en.rc and rename extension to your new language, such as:

    res_ja.rc
  

• modify line#1 and #2 for your new language
  • use appropriate code identifier for your international characters (​microsoft documentation)
• replace English installer text in all CONTROL, CAPTION, LTEXT, RTEXT objects, such as:

    CAPTION "OSGeo4Wセットアップ－インストールタイプの選択"
  

  • be careful of making sure that the interface accelerators are kept, such as "(&D)":

         CONTROL         "インストールせずにダウンロード(&D)",
    

    • (background on menu resource accelerators: ​microsoft documentation)
  • you might have to modify the size/spacing of your new strings in the objects. For example, the values below for "71,120,200,10" mean: x,y,width,height - you might have to change the width value for longer translated strings

      CONTROL         "ローカルディレクトリからインストール(&L)",IDC_SOURCE_CWD,"Button",
                      BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_TABSTOP,71,120,200,10

• include your new res_[lang].rc file at the bottom of the file res.rc such as:

    #include "res_en.rc"
    ...
    #include "res_ja.rc"
  

• complile your new setup.exe, by following the steps in SetupDevelopment
• test your new translated setup.exe
• commit your changes to Subversion
• inform the mailing list of your new translation
  • you might need assistance to publish the live osgeo4w-setup.exe to the download server (inform mailing list)

Current Issues

• some installer text is hardcoded (see ticket:130)
• packages' setup.hint text is also only in English (see ticket:131)

Documentation Translation

• to be determined