Re: creating alias during installation
Re: creating alias during installation
- Subject: Re: creating alias during installation
- From: John Daniel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:35:58 -0600
On Feb 13, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Andy Davidson wrote:
I have noticed that trick also, which seems very nice. I would love
to find some nice clear instructions about how to create the Finder
window with a background image and to have the window configuration
remembered by Toast, etc.
What I have done is create a read and write disk image for the
installer. In the top level of the image, create a folder named
"background" or something, inside the install folder. Put your
background image in that. In the Finder, set the background image for
that window. You can also hide the toolbar, set icon sizes, etc.
Then, in the Terminal rename the "background" folder to
".background". Then use hdiutil or DropDmg to convert that read and
write disk image into a compressed read-only image for distribution.
When the user opens the disk image, it should remember the
background, size, position, and all the other things.
Finally, since you don't want to do this 14 times in a a row, you
need to script it all. Also, that background image isn't locale
specific, so don't put any text in it. From a developer's
perspective, building a PackageMaker installer is much easier.
Debugging it...I'm still working on that.
John
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