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 10:44:21 +0100
Um, upgrading to 10.3.x from 10.3 is free.
Mike.
On 30 Mar 2006, at 02:48AM, Alan Smith wrote:
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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