distribution app (was: disk image making)
distribution app (was: disk image making)
- Subject: distribution app (was: disk image making)
- From: "Alan Smith" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:59:43 -0500
Okay, thanks.
After doing some more hunting I was unable to find a free app that has all
of the features that I want. So I came to the conclusion that I would make
my own, so a little help from all of you and I'll be on my way.
Here is my current design idea.
You (the end user) will supply the files to put into a disk image along with
the background picture. Now, here is where I'm uncertain of how the bast way
to go about this would be, I didn't get very far in my design, in fact, it
sucks!
I could have the background picture (from now on we'll call it bckgrd)
displayed
in a NSImageView, or something, and then have the files displayed on top of
that so that they could be moved around and properly positioned. When it was
time to make the disk image, the coordinates of the files in the imageview
would be used to position the files in the dmg (Disk iMaGe.) Now, a problem:
How do I do this?
And another question: Is this a good idea for the apps design?
All suggestions and comments are welcomed, heartily.
Thanks, Alan
On 3/29/06, Andrew Merenbach <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi, Alan. There is a DiskImages.framework that against which you
> might be able to link in your project, but it's listed under the
> system's PrivateFrameworks directory, so I wouldn't recommend it for
> a shipping product.
>
> I know that the command-line seems daunting, but with a little
> effort, NSTask with the 'hdiutil' command-line tool can perhaps do
> what you wish to accomplish.
>
> It's also possible that someone's written a framework, too, that does
> what you want.
>
> Best,
> Andrew
>
> P.S.: This page has some interesting tidbits, although they may not
> apply to your situation: <http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?
> CreatingDiskImages>.
>
> On Mar 29, 2006, at 7:43 AM, Alan Smith wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > I want to make a small app that will aid in distributing finished
> > apps. It
> > will be given a folder, the one with the finished app in it, and a
> > background picture for the disk image. So the question is, is there
> > an easy
> > way to make a disk image with a specified background? Something like,
> > NSDiskImage (I made that up, but that's the idea.) I am hoping
> > there is a
> > way to do this w/o using the command line.
> >
> > Thanks, Alan
> >
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