error -6118

[Marcus_Chuang]

Project Type: InstallScript MSI project (InstallShield 2009 Premier)

I need to disable "Modify" and "Repair" when setup is run after installation (in maintenance mode). I found the solution in this post provided by Robert: http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=182710&page=3&highlight=SdWelcomeMaint .

My project supports multi-language. After I modified the SdWelcomeMaint dialog (as Robert suggested) in the dialog editor, I got a build error:

=======================error log Begin=======================
Generating RC file: _ISUser2052.rc
Building dialog 12053
Built 1 dialogs into resource file: _ISUser2052.rc
Building RES file: _ISUser2052.res
Compiling resource DLL: _isuser2052.dll
Resolving strings...
Language Chinese (Simplified) built
Generating RC file: _ISUser1028.rc
Building dialog 12053
Built 1 dialogs into resource file: _ISUser1028.rc
Building RES file: _ISUser1028.res
Compiling resource DLL: _isuser1028.dll
Resolving strings...
Language Chinese (Traditional) built
Generating RC file: _ISUser1031.rc
Building dialog 12053
Built 1 dialogs into resource file: _ISUser1031.rc
Building RES file: _ISUser1031.res
Compiling resource DLL: _isuser1031.dll
Resolving strings...
Language German built
Generating RC file: _ISUser1040.rc
Building dialog 12053
Built 1 dialogs into resource file: _ISUser1040.rc
Building RES file: _ISUser1040.res
Compiling resource DLL: _isuser1040.dll
Resolving strings...
Language Italian built
Generating RC file: _ISUser1041.rc
Building dialog 12053
Built 1 dialogs into resource file: _ISUser1041.rc
Building RES file: _ISUser1041.res
path\productname\_ISUser1041.rc (24): error RC2104 : undefined keyword or key name: <






ISDEV : error -6118: The Resource compiler failed to build the RES file "path\productname\_ISUser1041.res" required to link the DLL.

=======================error log End=======================

It seems this error is occurred by Unicode issue, does it? To solve this issue, I found another post http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=139195&highlight=error+RC2104
However, the solution provided by davidh seems not worked for me.



Does anyone also have this issue? Please give me some hints.
Thanks in advance...

[hidenori]

Do you have the Japanese code page installed on your build machine?

[Marcus_Chuang]

Yes...I think the Japanese Code Page in my system is installed.

Check my system:
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Advanced -> Code Page Conversion Table: The options related with Japanese are all selected, they are:
10001 (MAC-Japanese)
20290 (IBM EBCDIC Japanese Katakana Extended)
50220 (ISO-2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana)
50221 (ISO-2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana)
50222 (ISO-2022 Japanese JIS X0201-1989)
932 (ANSI/OEM Japanese Shift-JIS)

have any other clue? Thanks...

[hidenori]

Can you post _ISUser1031.rc and _ISUser1041.rc?

[Marcus_Chuang]

Hi, hidenori:
Please see the attachment, thanks a lot

[hidenori]

It looks like that the push button text, 'Cancel' contains an invalid character. Please make sure that the Japanase string is good in your project. Also try building your project on a Japanese system, and see if you still are getting the error.

[Marcus_Chuang]

I don't have Japanese system on hand, so I go to the control panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Current Language for non-Unicode Programs: select Japanese. Is this procedure correct? Following this assumption, I started to build my project on this system. The build result: Japanese, English, Korean, Italian, German, France are ok, but Traditional Chinese.rc and Simplied Chinese.rc are failed to pass.

Additionally, I found something weird. The following is my step (Doing these in my original system):
1. Create an empty InstallShield MSI project.
2. In Project Properties -> Setup Language, I select Japanese, Chinese (Simplied), Chinese (Traditional)
3. Build it.
4. no error happens...
5. Then I go to SdWelcomeMaint dialog in User Interface -> Dialogs, right click on it and select "edit" option (I just click "edit" option and do nothing afterwards)
6. Build it again and I got the same error as before.
=======================================================
Building RES file: _ISUser1041.res
K:\IS_Testing\Multilingual\_ISUser1041.rc (31): error RC2104 : undefined keyword or key name: <
ISDEV : error -6118: The Resource compiler failed to build the RES file "K:\IS_Testing\Multilingual\_ISUser1041.res" required to link the DLL.
=======================================================

From this simple test, it apparently shows this error -6118 has nothing to do with my original project. So this error is occurred by my system (Chinese, Traditional Taiwan) or InstallShield 2009 Primer?

[Marcus_Chuang]

Sorry for hidenori...
I made a mistake yesterday because I missed some important steps in my previous post.
Please review my modified post, thanks...

[Marcus_Chuang]

This problem is solved. The procedures are:
1. In Project Properties -> Setup Languages, uncheck the Japanese then select Japanese again.
2. Go to "User Interface -> Dialogs" to modify SdWelcomeMaint dialog as what you want.
3. Build it and that error goes away.

Maybe a little strange, but it really solves my problem.
Thanks, hidenori