Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

Language Packs

We have already looked at resources for localizing Web Parts, features, and site definitions. Language packs for solution packages enable the deployment of localized resources based on installed resources. Language pack solutions share the same Name and SolutionId as the core solution package, but they include only localized resources and are identified to STSADM by the -lcid switch. For example, for the LitwareWebParts.wsp package, we can create a LitwareWebParts.wsp package in an en-US folder with the same solution name and GUID identifier as the LitwareWebParts.wsp package. It will contain only the Resource files required for the localized solution. Example 9-5 through Example 9-8 display the Litware Web Parts language packs ...