Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
- Subject: Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
- From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:24:56 +0100
Errm, don't want to spoil things or anything, but have you looked at
DMG Packager at all?
Mike.
On 30 Mar 2006, at 01:59AM, Alan Smith wrote:
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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