win,msi: highlight installation of 3rd-party tools

Currently, the installation wizard more or less silently installs third-party software (Boxstarter + Chocolatey). This adds some text to the MSI installation dialog and to the Boxstarter installation script. PR-URL: #23003 Refs: #22645 Refs: #22988 Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>
nodejs · Sep 27, 2018 · 2b7e18d · 2b7e18d
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diff --git a/tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat b/tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ echo Tools for Node.js Native Modules Installation Script
 echo ====================================================
 echo.
 echo This Boxstarter script will install Python and the Visual Studio Build Tools,
-echo necessary to compile Node.js native modules. All necessary Windows updates
-echo will also be installed.
+echo necessary to compile Node.js native modules. Note that Boxstarter,
+echo Chocolatey and required Windows updates will also be installed.
 echo.
 echo This will require about 3 Gb of free disk space, plus any space necessary to
 echo install Windows updates.

diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl b/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <String Id="NativeToolsDlgDescription">Optionally install the tools necessary to compile native modules.</String>
     <String Id="NativeToolsDlgBannerBitmap">WixUI_Bmp_Banner</String>
     <String Id="NativeToolsDlgIntro">Some npm modules need to be compiled from C/C++ when installing. If you want to be able to install such modules, some tools (Python 2 and Visual Studio Build Tools) need to be installed.</String>
-    <String Id="NativeToolsDlgInstallCheckbox">Automatically install the necessary tools. The script will pop-up in a new window after the installation completes.</String>
+    <String Id="NativeToolsDlgInstallCheckbox">Automatically install the necessary tools. Note that this will also install Boxstarter and Chocolatey. The script will pop-up in a new window after the installation completes.</String>
     <String Id="NativeToolsDlgManualDetails">Alternatively, follow the instructions at <![CDATA[<a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows">https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows</a>]]> to install the dependencies yourself.</String>
 
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