HOW TO: Chain MUI Packs to a Core Office XP Installation

This step-by-step guide describes how to set up an installation that chains the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack to the core Office XP installation.

Chaining is particularly useful for adding individual MUI Packs to the core Office XP installation. You can accomplish this by using the Setup INI Customization Wizard.

Creating the Administrative Installation Point for the MUI Packs

The Office MUI Pack contains multiple individual MUI Packs and each of these is installed as a separate Windows Installer package (Lpk.msi). If you want to create an administrative installation point for all of the MUI Packs, you can run Lpksetup.exe with the /a option from the root of the MUI Pack compact disc. Or, you can install individual MUI Packs by running Setup.exe from the LCID folder of the language you want to install.

You can install MUI Packs to the same administrative installation point as Office XP or you can create a distinct installation point. The folder structure for each MUI Pack is parallel where LCID is the language identifier of the MUI Pack you are installing.

Chaining MUI Packs to the Office XP Installation

After you install the MUI Packs on the administrative installation point, edit the Office XP Setup.ini file to chain them to the core Office XP installation. You can set a new display setting, specify a transform to apply, and set other properties that apply only to the MUI Pack installation. The wizard enters the correct information into the [ChainedInstall_n] section of Setup.ini. To chain MUI packs, follow these steps:

1. Start the Setup INI Customization Wizard.
2. Select one of the following options:
   • On the Select MSI and EXE files to include in your INI file page, select the check boxes next to the MUI Packs you want to chain.
     
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   • If you installed the MUI Packs on a different administrative installation point, type the path and file name of each Lpk.msi file you want to add.
3. On the Specify options for each package in your INI file page, select the Lpk.msi, type the name and path of the transform, and select a display setting. For example, even if you are installing Office XP with a full user interface, you can select Basic to install the MUI Packs quietly.
4. Click Advanced Properties and add values for any other properties you want to set for the MUI Pack installation.
   
   For example, the NOFEATURESTATEMIGRATION property cancels the custom action that matches installation states for MUI Pack feature states to corresponding Office feature installation states.
   
   When you specify a different installation state for MUI Pack features in the transform, enter the following property-value pair in the Setup INI Customization Wizard:
   NOFEATURESTATEMIGRATION=True