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Hi,

A few facts about Windows installer of LibreOffice:
It is a single MSI file - on purpose. It is simpler and more useful
that old solution with preinstaller, setup.exe, several transforms
etc. MSI format has some limitations. It is not an executable, it is a
database. Windows itself contains the installer software, which can
open and install software from MSI installation databases.

The UI language of the Windows installer depends on the setting of
Contol Panel - Regional and Language - Format (on Windows 7). It does
not depend on UI language of Windows. For example, when I have an
English Windows 7 with Latvian format set up, then I will have Latvian
LibreOffice installer, which installs English and Latvian LibreOffice
UI. Unfortunately the same is not true for Scottish Gaelic. When I set
up Scottish Gaelic format, the installer remains in English. I don't
know why this happens. Maybe it is a bug in Windows itself. Or
Scottish Gaelic is not as developed locale as Latvian or others. I can
force Scottish Gaelic UI of the installer, msiexec /i
LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Win_x86.msi TRANSFORMS=:1084. But even in this
case I won't have Scottish Gaelic UI automatically selected for
installation. I have to use the msiexec /i
LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Win_x86.msi TRANSFORMS=:1084 UI_LANGS=en_GB,gd
command, to install with English (Great-Britain) and Scottish Gaelic
UI, of msiexec /i LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Win_x86.msi TRANSFORMS=:1084
UI_LANGS=gd for Scottish Gaelic only.

It is not possible to include a language selector UI in the MSI
database. The language of the MSI database is determined by Windows
before the first dialog comes up. We could use a setup.exe maybe. But
then we would not have a single file MSI installer any more.

Best regards,
Andras

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