Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
- Subject: Re: distribution app (was: disk image making)
- From: "Alan Smith" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:48:05 -0500
Yeah, I've looked at it but found it's for 10.3.9 and up. I only have 10.3.
Too bad.
Thanks, Alan
On 3/29/06, Mike Abdullah <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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