<Strings> Element (Bootstrapper)

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Defines localized strings for product names, package names, and installation error messages.

Syntax

<Strings>  
    <String  
        Name  
    >  
    </String>  
</Strings>  

Elements and Attributes

The Strings element is a child of the Package element. It has no attributes.

String

The String element is a child of the Strings element. A Strings element may have one or more String elements.

String has the following attribute.

Attribute	Description
Name	Required. The name of the string.

Example

The following code example specifies all of the English strings for the .NET Framework installer.

<Strings>  
    <String Name="DisplayName">.NET Framework 2.0</String>  
    <String Name="Culture">en</String>  
    <String Name="AdminRequired">Administrator permissions are required to install the .NET Framework 2.0. Contact your administrator.</String>  
    <String Name="InvalidPlatformWin9x">Installation of the .NET Framework 2.0 is not supported on Windows 95. Contact your application vendor.</String>  
    <String Name="InvalidPlatformWinNT">Installation of the .NET Framework 2.0 is not supported on Windows NT 4.0. Contact your application vendor.</String>  
    <String Name="InvalidPlatformIE">Installation of the .NET Framework 2.0 requires Internet Explorer 5.01 or greater. Contact your application vendor.</String>  
    <String Name="InvalidPlatformArchitecture">This version of the .NET Framework 2.0 is not supported on a 64-bit operating system. Contact your application vendor.</String>  
    <String Name="WindowsInstallerImproperInstall">Due to an error with Windows Installer, the installation of the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot proceed.</String>  
    <String Name="AnotherInstanceRunning">Another instance of setup is already running. The running instance must complete before this setup can proceed.</String>  
    <String Name="BetaNDPFailure">A beta version of the .NET Framework was detected on the computer. Uninstall any previous beta versions of .NET Framework before continuing.</String>  
    <String Name="GeneralFailure">A failure occurred attempting to install the .NET Framework 2.0.</String>  
    <String Name="DotNetFXExe">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37283</String>  
    <String Name="InstMsiAExe">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37285</String>  
    <String Name="Msi30Exe">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37287</String>  
</Strings>  

See Also

<Package> Element